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mercement

mercement noun: an amercement, a punishment.

Noun

mercement (plural mercements)

  1. (obsolete) An amercement, a punishment.
    • Riȝt so is loue a ledere · and þe lawe shapeth / Vpon man for his mysdedes · þe merciment he taxeth.c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I

Forms of mercement

pluralmercements
alternative formmerciment

Origin of mercement

Either aphetic form of amercement; or borrowed independently from Anglo-Norman merciment, aphetic form of amerciment.

Questions about mercement

What does mercement mean?
Mercement means an amercement, a punishment.
What part of speech is mercement?
Mercement is a noun.
What is the plural of mercement?
The plural of mercement is mercements.

Words near mercement in the dictionary

  1. Mercedes-Benzes
  2. Mercedeses
  3. Mercedinus
  4. Mercedonius
  5. Merceds
  6. mercement
  7. mercements
  8. mercenarian
  9. mercenarians
  10. mercenaries
  11. mercenarily

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