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Noun Concept
Categories: Liturgy of the Hours, Seats, Christian prayer, Eastern Christian liturgical objects, Catholic liturgy
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misericord  mercy seat  miserere  misericords
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A misericord is a small wooden structure formed on the underside of a folding seat in a church which, when the seat is folded up, is intended to act as a shelf to support a person in a partially standing position during long periods of prayer. Wikipedia
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A misericord is a small wooden structure formed on the underside of a folding seat in a church which, when the seat is folded up, is intended to act as a shelf to support a person in a partially standing position during long periods of prayer. Wikipedia
A small wooden shelf on the underside of a folding seat in a church Wikipedia Disambiguation
A ledge, sometimes ornately carved, attached to a folding church seat to provide support for a person standing for long periods; a subsellium. Wiktionary
Ledge. Wiktionary (translation)
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choir stalls
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mercy seat, miserere

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