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mercements

mercements is the plural of mercement.

Meaning of mercement

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

Questions about mercements

What is mercements the plural of?
Mercements is the plural of mercement.

Words near mercements in the dictionary

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

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