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What is a misericordia?

What is a misericordia? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (law, obsolete) An amercement.
  2. misericord, a thin-bladed dagger, used in the Middle Ages to give the death wound or mercy stroke to a fallen adversary.
  3. An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order.
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Farther north is the Sacco of the Misericordia opening into the lagoon.
Misericordia are a four-piece ensemble who use medieval instruments such as hurdy gurdy, bagpipes, gothic harp, citole, recorders and voices.
At Misericordia University, about two-thirds of our students arrive with financial need that will not be met by the student or family.
She was a 1941 graduate of the Misericordia Hospital Nursing Program and served as nurse in the Killam Medical Clinic and at the Auxiliary Hospital in Killam.

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