Misericord example sentences

mis·er·i·cord

noun

misericord (noun) · misericords (plural noun)

  - a 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.

  - an apartment in a monastery in which some relaxations of the monastic rule are permitted.

  - a small dagger used to deliver a death stroke to a wounded enemy.