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1. A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall; it was intended to give some support to a worshiper when standing with the seat turned up
   - misericord, subsellium

1. The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in the Latin version; it starts with the word miserere

Derived forms: misereres

Encyclopedia: Miserere