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Misericordia
Misericordia Mis`e*ri*cor"di*a, n. [L., mercy, compassion; miser wretched + cor, cordis, heart.] 1. (O. Law) An amercement. --Burrill. 2. (Anc. Armor.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or ``mercy' stroke to a fallen adversary. 3. (Eccl.) An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order. --Shipley.

Meaning of Misericord from wikipedia

- A misericord (sometimes named mercy seat, like the biblical object) is a small wooden structure formed on the underside of a folding seat in a church which...
- Southwell Minster chapter house c. 1300 Detail of a "disgorging" medieval misericord in Ludlow parish church, Shropshire. This stone carving of a Green Man...
- the misericords at Norwich by Alison Stones and the University of Pittsburgh Photographs of each of the misericords at Norwich from www.misericords.co...
- or cleric to lean against. These were "misericords" because their installation was an act of mercy. Misericords typically have a carved figurative bracket...
- stalls Misericord on a choir stall The choir stalls, the seats reserved for the clergy, have particularly fine carvings, particularly on the misericord, the...
- discordance, discordant, discourage, discouragement, encourage, encouragement, misericord, nonaccordant, obcordate, record, scordatura corac- raven Gr**** κόραξ...
- of the chancel in Methodist and other evangelical Christian churches Misericord, a small wooden shelf on the underside of a folding seat in a church The...
- about 1400 and has several notable features, including an early set of misericords, an astronomical clock and the longest uninterrupted medieval stone vaulted...
- Warhammer 40000 universe. All pages with titles containing misericordia Misericord, church ornament Misericorde (weapon), a type of dagger This disambiguation...
- Waugh (1960), p. 77. Chunko-Dominguez, Betsy (2017). English Gothic Misericord Carvings: History from the Bottom Up. BRILL. pp. 82–84. ISBN 9789004341203...