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Definition: misericordia


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. An amercement.[Websters] 2. A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or "mercy" stroke to a fallen adversary.[Websters] 3. An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "Misericordia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references)

Etymology:Misericordia \Mis`e*ri*cor"di*a\, noun. [Latin expression, mercy, compassion; miser wretched cor, cordis, heart.]. (references)

Common Expressions: misericordia

Expressions	Definition
Madonna della Misericordia	One of Piero della Francesca's earliest artworks is the Polyptych of the Misericordia at Sansepolcro. The central panel is the Madonna della Misericordia (Madonna of Mercy). In this panel we see the mercifully protective gesture of the Madonna enfolding her followers in her mantle. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.			Top

Topics by Level of Interest: misericordia
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)		Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Misericordia University	10		Abbazia della Misericordia	3
Dives in Misericordia	8		Dives in Misericordia	8
Misericordia Church	7		Madonna della Misericordia (painting)	7
Madonna della Misericordia (painting)	7		Misericordia Church	7
Sanctuary of Nostra Signora della Misericordia	5		Misericordia University	10
Abbazia della Misericordia	3		Sanctuary of Nostra Signora della Misericordia	5
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: misericordia
Position	Synonyms (sorted by strength)
Noun	amercement. Consider also: penalty, punishment, forfeiture, castigation, chastisement, discipline, judgement, pain, rod, scourge, surcharge.
Source: Eve, based on meta analysis.		Top

Computed Synonyms: misericordia

Rank

Intensity

Word

Synonyms

Synonyms of synonym

1 1.0191 Misericordia    mercy    compassion, pity, grace, clemency, sympathy

2 1.0089 Misericordia    benignity    kindness, amiability, graciousness, geniality, gentleness

3 1.0089 Misericordia    charity    alms, benevolence, mercy, handout, dole

4 1.0089 Misericordia    commiseration    compassion, pity, sympathy, mercy, condolence

5 1.0089 Misericordia    feeling    sense, feel, emotion, sentiment, opinion

6 1.0089 Misericordia    grace    charm, favor, gracefulness, favour, graces

7 1.0088 Misericordia    clemency    leniency, mercy, compassion, gentleness, forgiveness

8 1.0088 Misericordia    compassion    pity, mercy, sympathy, commiseration, clemency

9 1.0088 Misericordia    humanity    mankind, humankind, humaneness, humanities, charity

10 1.0088 Misericordia    pathos    pity, grief, compassion, sorrow, feeling

11 1.0088 Misericordia    pity    compassion, mercy, sympathy, regret, commiseration

12 1.0088 Misericordia    ruth    compassion, pity, mercy, sympathy, commiseration

13 1.0087 Misericordia    agape    gaping, open mouthed, astonished, openmouthed, love feast

14 1.0086 Misericordia    loving kindness    kindness, benignity, goodness, amiability, tolerancy

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Synonyms within Context: misericordia
Context	Synonyms within Context
Possibility	Misericordia Domini inter pontem et fontent, "the glories of the possible are ours", anything is possible, but in practise unlikely, in theory possible.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.		Top

Translations: misericordia

Language	Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Turkish	merhamet (mercy, clemency, compassion, pity, charity), davayı kaybeden davalının (in Misericordia). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, Misericordia. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations).				Top

Language	Translations for “Misericordia” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag	mathagisathagerathagicathagordathagiathaga (misericordia). Additional references: Athag, Misericordia. (volunteer)
Double Dutch	magisageragicagordagiaga (misericordia). Additional references: Double Dutch, Misericordia. (volunteer)
Leet	(u)¦$3\|2¦(0\|2\|)¦@ (misericordia). Additional references: Leet, Misericordia. (volunteer)
Oppish	mopisoperopicopordopiopa (misericordia). Additional references: Oppish, Misericordia. (volunteer)
Pig Latin	Isericordiamay (Misericordia). Additional references: Pig Latin, Misericordia. (volunteer)
Terran B	merhamet (Misericordia). Additional references: Terran B, Misericordia. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi	mubisuberubicubordubiuba (misericordia). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Misericordia. (volunteer)
Source: compiled by the editor.				Top

Trade Name:misericordia

1. Book title by Berez, Geados Bentio published by Catedra (November 1, 1999). source

2. Music title by Damnation A.D. released by Jade Tree (August 13, 1996). source

Adjacent words:
Misentreating		Miserere		Mises
Misentreatingly		Misererely		Misesteem
Misentreats		Miseria		Misestimate
Misentry		Misericord		Misestimated
Miser		Misericorde		Misestimatedly
Miserabile		Misericordia		Misestimater
Miserable		Misericordiae		Misestimaters
Miserableness		Miseries		Misestimates
Miserably		Miserliness		Misestimating
Miseration		Miserly		Misestimatingly
Misere		Misery		Misestimation

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