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Definition of misericord in English: misericordnoun mɪˈzɛrɪkɔːdməˈzɛrɪˌkɔrd 1A ledge projecting from the underside of a hinged seat in a choir stall which, when the seat is turned up, gives support to someone standing. （唱诗班席位）可折板椅托板（支撑站立者用） Example sentencesExamples - Naturalistic animals were carved on misericords in the early 14th century, and individualized facial features appeared on the small human heads that decorated keystones and arch mouldings.
- The sixty-two misericords or priests' seats, carved with everything from lions to scenes of everyday life, are believed to be of 1390.
- These appear in the stained glass windows, stone column capitals, decorated ends of pews, or even the misericords carved on the bottom of hinged church seats.
- Weak light filters in through stained glass and creates deep shadows among the pews and misericords.
- A misericord in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, shows four enormous hounds piling into a cauldron, indifferent to the cook just poised to hurl his ladle.
2historical An apartment in a monastery in which some relaxations of the monastic rule were permitted. 〈史〉（修道院的）免戒室 3historical A small dagger used to deliver a death stroke to a wounded enemy. 〈史〉（减少受伤之敌痛苦给以致命一击的）短剑，匕首
OriginMiddle English (denoting pity): from Old French misericorde, from Latin misericordia, from misericors 'compassionate', from the stem of misereri 'to pity' + cor, cord- 'heart'. Definition of misericord in US English: misericordnounməˈzɛrɪˌkɔrdməˈzeriˌkôrd 1A ledge projecting from the underside of a hinged seat in a choir stall which, when the seat is turned up, gives support to someone standing. （唱诗班席位）可折板椅托板（支撑站立者用） Example sentencesExamples - The sixty-two misericords or priests' seats, carved with everything from lions to scenes of everyday life, are believed to be of 1390.
- Weak light filters in through stained glass and creates deep shadows among the pews and misericords.
- A misericord in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, shows four enormous hounds piling into a cauldron, indifferent to the cook just poised to hurl his ladle.
- Naturalistic animals were carved on misericords in the early 14th century, and individualized facial features appeared on the small human heads that decorated keystones and arch mouldings.
- These appear in the stained glass windows, stone column capitals, decorated ends of pews, or even the misericords carved on the bottom of hinged church seats.
2historical An apartment in a monastery in which some relaxations of the monastic rule are permitted. 〈史〉（修道院的）免戒室 3historical A small dagger used to deliver a death stroke to a wounded enemy. 〈史〉（减少受伤之敌痛苦给以致命一击的）短剑，匕首
OriginMiddle English (denoting pity): from Old French misericorde, from Latin misericordia, from misericors ‘compassionate’, from the stem of misereri ‘to pity’ + cor, cord- ‘heart’. |