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▪ I. misericord, n.|mɪˈzɛrɪkɔːd|
Also 4–5 mysere-, 4–6 mi-, myseri-, mysery-.
[a. OF. misericorde, ad. L. misericordia, f. misericors (see next).]
1. Compassion, pity, mercy. Also as int. Obs. except arch.
a1315Shoreham i. 1183 To oure lorde Mercy he cryþ, and biddeþ hym Mercy and misericorde. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋731 Thanne is misericorde..a vertu, by which the corage of man is stired by the misese of him that is misesed. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xi. 284 Gode lord..by thy pite & mysericorde graunt to Rowlande his prayer. 1549Compl. Scot. viii. 72 Quhy vil ȝe nocht haue misericord & pytie of ȝour natiue cuntre? 1651tr. De-las-Coveras' Don Fenise 144 [He] abandoned himselfe to divine mercie, and to the misericord of the waves. 1657–83Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. 217 The Divine misericord did not utterly abandon our lapsed parents in this condition. 1705Vanbrugh Confederacy i. iii, Misericorde! what do I see! 1922Joyce Ulysses 380 They had had ado each with other in the house of misericord where this learning knight lay.
2. Hist. and Antiq. Senses derived from monastic uses of L. misericordia.
a. An indulgence or relaxation of the rule.
1820Scott Monast. xix, Indulgence shall be given to those of our attendants who shall, from very weariness, be unable to attend the duty at prime, and this by way of misericord or indulgentia.
b. An apartment in a monastery in which certain relaxations of the rule were permitted, esp. one in which those monks ate to whom special allowances were made in food and drink.
c1529in Archæologia (1882) XLVII. 51 That noo suche householdes be then kepte..butt oonly oon place which shalbe called the mysericorde where shalbe oon sadde lady of the eldest sorte ouersear and maistres to all the residue that thidre shall resorte. c1535Surv. Yorksh. Monast. in Yorksh. Archæol. Jrnl. (1886) IX. 212 A nother chambre by the same called Mysericorde. 1545in London & M'sex Archæol. Trans. IV. 357 note, That Mr. Dean and his successors shal have the Misericorde, the greate Kitchen [etc.]. 1883Athenæum 24 Feb. 255/2 [Mr. Turle's house] was one of the largest of the houses..next after that of the abbot... It stood between the dorter and the misericorde. 1898J. T. Fowler Durham Cath. 59 The misericorde or ‘loft’.
c. A shelving projection on the under side of a hinged seat in a choir stall, so arranged that, when turned up, it gave support to one standing in the stall. Also attrib.
c1515in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 484 Iron worke and other small necessaries..as copper to hang the misericordes with [etc.]. 1874J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Par. Churches 2 The chancel seats hung on hinges and provided with misericords. 1893Reliquary VII. 129 Of the ancient misericords [in Limerick Cathedral] nineteen are perfect. 1904Athenæum 20 Aug. 250/3 There are four misericord stalls at Wysall.
3. A dagger with which the coup de grâce was given. [So med.L. misericordia, F. miséricorde.]
14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 653/20 Hic pugis [read pugio], myserecord. Ibid. 654/16 Hec cica, misericord. 1484Caxton Chivalry 63 Mysericorde or knyf with a crosse is gyuen to a knyght to thende that yf his other armures faylle hym that he haue recours to the myserycorde or daggar. 1859Archæol. Jrnl. XVI. 356 A misericorde, or dagger of mercy, dug up in a field near Deddington. 1869Boutell Arms & Armour iii. 49 It was adjusted at the waist, as was the mediæval misericorde, on the right side.
▪ II. † misericord, a. Sc. Obs.
[a. OF. misericord, L. misericord-em (-cors), f. miseri-, stem of miserērī to pity + cord-, cor heart.]
Compassionate, pitiful, merciful.
1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 269 Jugis suld be ay misericordes, and full of clemence and pitee. 1567Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 168 How suld we thank that Lord, That was sa misericord. 1583Leg. Bp. St. Androis 448 Ye man be gude, my Lord, And to yor man misericord. |