| 单词 | misericord |
| 释义 | misericord /miz'euhr i kawrd", mi zer"i kawrd'/, n. 1. a room in a monastery set apart for those monks permitted relaxation of the monastic rule. 2. Also, subsellium. a small projection on the underside of a hinged seat of a church stall, which, when the seat is lifted, gives support to a person standing in the stall. 3. a medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe. Also, misericorde. [1200-50; ME misericorde lit., pity, mercy, an act of clemency < MF < L misericordia pity, equiv. to misericord- (s. of misericors) compassionate (miseri-, s. of miserere to pity + cord- s. of cor heart) + -ia -Y3] |
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