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mercifulness|ˈmɜːsɪfʊlnɪs|
[f. merciful + -ness.]
The quality of being merciful.
1526Tindale Rom. xii. 1, I beseche you therfore brethren by the mercifulnes of God, that ye make youre bodyes a quicke sacrifise. 1650Jer. Taylor Holy Living (1727) 258 The next enemy to mercifulness..is anger. a1708Beveridge Thes. Theol. (1710) I. 193 The names given in Scripture to it [forgiveness]..Mercifulness to our sins. 1852Robertson Lect. ii. (1858) 198 A school of warfare where the razzias of Africa have not taught either scrupulosity or mercifulness. |