Talk:Misericordia

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Why does this page refer to 'loving-kindness' and a Hebrew translation?? Misericordia is Latin (and Spanish and Italian) and translates as 'mercy'.

I propose to move the 'loving-kindness' remark to the list of referrals and primarily desribe misericordia a Latin for 'mercy'.

Reply and Omitted Option

Reply to the above: Possibly because "mercy" and "loving-kindness" are synonyms, and the Hebrew word that is usually (in earlier works) translated as "loving-kindness" can also be called "mercy" when a Latin version of a text is used.

Being too literal loses nuanced meaning, and in this case could leave someone looking for a reasonable connection wondering what to do about a translation that might use any one of those terms.

Option Omitted: What I'd like to know is, why isn't there a listing for the choir stalls, which are usually called "misericordiae" as well? That would make a very interesting article and deserves more attention as a decorative arts study of its own.96.233.98.79 (talk) 22:16, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Further Etymological Discourse

Origin (Of 'Pity') ~ Middle English (also in the sense ‘clemency, mildness’): from Old French pite ‘compassion’, from Latin pietas ‘piety’; -Oxford Languages VerifyTruth927 (talk) 18:16, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Love, Truth, Trust~ Mercy, Wisdom, Fidelity~ Empathy, Intuition, Honor~ VerifyTruth927 (talk) 18:26, 30 July 2022 (UTC)