misericord

Etymology
From 1200–50, from Middle 🇨🇬 from, from. .

Noun

 * 1) Relaxation of monastic rules.
 * 2) The room in a monastery for monks granted such relaxation.
 * 3) A ledge, sometimes ornately carved, attached to a folding church seat to provide support for a person standing for long periods; a subsellium.
 * 4) * 1969, M. D. Anderson, The Iconography of British Misericords, G. L. Remnant, A Catalogue of Misericords in Great Britain, page xxiii,
 * Misericords are a very humble form of medieval art and it is unlikely that the most distinguished carvers of any period were employed in making them, except, perhaps, during their apprentice years.
 * 1) A medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe.
 * 1) A medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe.
 * 1) A medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe.

Translations

 * Danish: misericordia
 * Dutch: misericorde
 * French:
 * German: Misericordie
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: mizerikordija
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: เก้าอี้อิง
 * Ukrainian: мізерико́рдія
 * West Frisian: miserikorde


 * French:
 * German: Misericordia
 * Italian:
 * Lithuanian: mizerikordija
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,