misericord

Relaxation of monastic rules, as a dispensation from fasting.

The room in a monastery used by monks who have been granted such a dispensation.

A bracket attached to the underside of a hinged seat in a church stall on which a standing person may lean.

A narrow dagger used in medieval times to deliver the death stroke to a seriously wounded knight.

relaxation of monastic rules.

The room in a monastery for monks granted such relaxation.

a subsellium.

a medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe.