See Also: misericord(dictionary)

misericord (iou)



misericord noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French misericorde from Latin misericordia, from misericors pitiful, from miser, stem of misereri (see MISERERE) + cord-, cor heart.]
Compassion, pity, mercy. Also as interjection. arch. ME.
A dagger for dealing a death stroke. ME.
Hist. An apartment in a monastery in which certain relaxations of the rule were permitted. LME.
A shelving projection on the underside of a hinged seat in a choir stall, which, when turned up, gives support to someone standing. E16.