Definitions for "MISERICORDE"
A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal.
Compassion; pity; mercy.
"Mercy" dagger, so called from being used to dispatch enemy wounded. (Seward, Desmond. Henry V: The Scourge of God, 223)
Same as Misericordia, 2.