||Mis`e*ri*cor"di*a (?), n. [L., mercy,
compassion; miser wretched + cor, cordis,
heart.]
1. (O. Law) An amercement.
Burrill.
2. (Anc. Armor.) A thin-bladed dagger;
so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound
or "mercy" stroke to a fallen adversary.
3. (Eccl.) An indulgence as to food or
dress granted to a member of a religious order.
Shipley.