noun
Meaning 1
Relaxation of monastic rules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
misericord
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /mɪˈzɛɹɪkɔːd/
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General-American: /mɪˈzɛɹɪkɔɹd/
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rhymes with -ɛɹɪkɔː(ɹ)d
noun
Meaning 2
The room in a monastery for monks granted such relaxation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A ledge, sometimes ornately carved, attached to a folding church seat to provide support for a person standing for long periods; a subsellium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- 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.
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noun
Meaning 4
A medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Etymology
From 1200–1250, from Middle English misericorde (“an act of clemency”) from Old French, from Latin misericordia (“pity”). Doublet of misericordia.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: misericordia — ledge
- Dutch: misericorde — ledge
- French: miséricorde — ledge
- West-Frisian: miserikorde — ledge
- German: Misericordie — ledge
- Portuguese: misericórdia — ledge
- Russian: мизерико́рдия (mizerikórdija) — ledge
- Russian: мизерико́рд (mizerikórd) — ledge
- Slovene: mizerikordija — ledge
- Spanish: misericordia — ledge
- Swedish: misericordia — ledge
- Thai: เก้าอี้อิง (gâo-êe ing) — ledge
- Ukrainian: мізерико́рдія (mizerykórdija) — ledge
- Finnish: miserikordia — medieval dagger
- French: miséricorde — medieval dagger
- German: Misericordia — medieval dagger
- Italian: misericordia — medieval dagger
- Lithuanian: mizerikordija — medieval dagger
- Polish: mizerykordia — medieval dagger
- Portuguese: misericórdia — medieval dagger
- Russian: мизерико́рдия (mizerikórdija) — medieval dagger
- Russian: мизерико́рд (mizerikórd) — medieval dagger
- Spanish: misericordia — medieval dagger