Dictionary definitions do not control the church.  As any true catholic can tell you, for example, mercy often means brutally condemning miscreants, for their own good, so they can be saved.  Love, similarly, is not some emotion, but a coldly intellectual decision based on study and implement of doctrine.  As with mercy, it may often require harsh words and condemnation of those we love for failing to adhere strictly to the teachings of the church.  Thus, we see many loving and merciful bishops being mistakenly viewed as bitter and hateful because of their righteous denunciations of all who fail to live up to dogma, doctrine, ritual, tradition, and all the other many things Jesus ordered us to obey when he established his church in Rome.  So to answer your question, yes.