misericord

  1. Noun.  relaxation of monastic rules.
  2. Noun.  The room in a monastery for monks granted such relaxation.
  3. Noun.  a subsellium.
  4. Noun.  a medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe.

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