mis|er|i|cord

mis|er|i|cord
mis|er|i|cord or mis|er|i|corde «MIHZ uhr uh KRD, mih ZEHR uh krd», noun.
1. a specially permitted relaxation of monastic rule, as in dress or food.
2. a room in a monastery in which certain relaxations of the rule are permitted, especially those relating to food.
3. = miserere (def. 2). (Cf.miserere)
4. (in the Middle Ages) a dagger used to give the death blow to a wounded foe.
[< Latin misericordia < misericors, -cordis < miserērī to have pity on (< miser wretched) + cor, cordis heart]

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