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What (who) is misericord - definition
WOODEN SHELF ON THE UNDERSIDE OF A FOLDING SEAT IN A CHURCH
Misericords
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![[[St Botolph's Church, Boston]], Lincolnshire: a school-master thrashing a pupil](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boston Stump misericord 03.JPG?width=200 "[[St Botolph's Church, Boston]], Lincolnshire: a school-master thrashing a pupil")
![A simple bracket-like misericord, [[Bechtolsheim]], Germany](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chorgestuehl-SK-Bechtolsheim.jpg?width=200 "A simple bracket-like misericord, [[Bechtolsheim]], Germany")
![[[Magdalen College, Oxford]]: a swan, flanked by foliate "supporters"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Misericordia.JPG?width=200 "[[Magdalen College, Oxford]]: a swan, flanked by foliate \"supporters\"")
![St Mary's Church, [[Edlesborough]], Buckinghamshire, showing an [[amphisbaena]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EdlesboroughS02.jpg?width=200 "St Mary's Church, [[Edlesborough]], Buckinghamshire, showing an [[amphisbaena]]")
![Detail of a misericord from [[St Laurence Church, Ludlow]], Shropshire, showing a [[Green Man]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludlow_Green_Man_misericord.jpg?width=200 "Detail of a misericord from [[St Laurence Church, Ludlow]], Shropshire, showing a [[Green Man]]")
![A triple-faced Green Man, [[Cartmel Priory]], [[Cumbria]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CartmelS12.jpg?width=200 "A triple-faced Green Man, [[Cartmel Priory]], [[Cumbria]]")
![A [[Wyvern]], at [[Great Malvern Priory]], [[Worcestershire]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Great Malvern Priory - Wyvern Misericord.JPG?width=200 "A [[Wyvern]], at [[Great Malvern Priory]], [[Worcestershire]]")
![Wild men]] and [[wyvern]]s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beverley st mary 25.JPG?width=200 "Wild men]] and [[wyvern]]s")
![St Marcel, Villabé, France: [[Samson]] and [[Delilah]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Villabé (91) église St Marcel 3.jpg?width=200 "St Marcel, Villabé, France: [[Samson]] and [[Delilah]]")
![[[Les Andelys]], Eure, France: [[mermaid]], symbol of vanity](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Les Andelys (27) église Nte Dame 7.jpg?width=200 "[[Les Andelys]], Eure, France: [[mermaid]], symbol of vanity")
![Choir stalls in the church of St. Pierre, [[Coutances]], France, with the seats down](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stalles St Pierre Coutances 3.jpg?width=200 "Choir stalls in the church of St. Pierre, [[Coutances]], France, with the seats down")
![Exhibitionist subjects from [[Tréguier]] cathedral, [[Brittany]], France](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tréguier (29) 2 edit.jpg?width=200 "Exhibitionist subjects from [[Tréguier]] cathedral, [[Brittany]], France")
![[[Ulm]] minster, Germany: a [[harpy]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ulm Münster - Chorgestühl Miserikordie Harpye.jpg?width=200 "[[Ulm]] minster, Germany: a [[harpy]]")
![St Orso, [[Aosta]], Italy: a camel?](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aosta Sant Orso Stalli 07.jpg?width=200 "St Orso, [[Aosta]], Italy: a camel?")
![Léon]] cathedral, Spain: catching a cat?](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cattedrale Leon Coro Misericordia.JPG?width=200 "Léon]] cathedral, Spain: catching a cat?")
![A misericord in [[Ripon Cathedral]], allegedly the inspiration for the griffin and rabbit hole in [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ripon Cathedral misericord (Alice in Wonderland inspiration), Yorkshire, UK - Diliff.jpg?width=200 "A misericord in [[Ripon Cathedral]], allegedly the inspiration for the griffin and rabbit hole in [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''.")
misericord
[m?'z?r?k?:d]
¦ noun
1. a ledge projecting from the underside of a hinged seat in a choir stall, giving support to someone standing when the seat is folded up.
2. historical an apartment in a monastery in which some relaxations of discipline were permitted.
3. historical a small dagger for delivering a death stroke to a wounded enemy.
Origin
ME (denoting pity): from OFr. misericorde, from L. misericordia, from misericors 'compassionate', from the stem of misereri 'to pity' + cor, cord- 'heart'.
Misericord
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, when the seat is folded up, is intended to act as a shelf to support a person in a partially standing position during long periods of prayer.
Wikipedia
Misericord
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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, when the seat is folded up, is intended to act as a shelf to support a person in a partially standing position during long periods of prayer.
