Mercy seat (Bib.), the golden cover or lid of the Ark of the Covenant.
See Ark, 2. -- Sisters of Mercy (R. C. Ch.),a religious order founded
in Dublin in the year 1827. Communities of the same name have since
been established in various American cities. The duties of those
belonging to the order are, to attend lying-in hospitals, to
superintend the education of girls, and protect decent women out of
employment, to visit prisoners and the sick, and to attend persons
condemned to death. -- To be at the mercy of, to be wholly in the power
of.
Syn. -- See Grace.
Merd (?), n. [F. merde, L. merda.] Ordure; dung. [Obs.] Burton.
-mere (?). [Gr. &?; part.] A combining form meaning part, portion; as,
blastomere, epimere.
Mere (mr), n. [Written also mar.] [OE. mere, AS. mere mere, sea; akin
to D. meer lake, OS. meri sea, OHG. meri, mari, G. meer, Icel. marr,
Goth. marei, Russ. more, W. mor, Ir. & Gael. muir, L. mare, and perh.
to L. mori to die, and meaning originally, that which is dead, a waste.
Cf. Mortal, Marine, Marsh, Mermaid, Moor.] A pool or lake. Drayton.
Tennyson.
Mere, n. [Written also meer and mear.] [AS. gemre. √269.] A
boundary. Bacon.
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