Misericord, a definition

 plural noun: misericords

1. 1.

   a ledge projecting from the underside of a hinged seat in a choir stall which, when the seat is turned up, gives support to someone standing.
2. 2.

   HISTORICAL

   an apartment in a monastery in which some relaxations of the monastic rule are permitted.
3. 3.

   HISTORICAL

   a small dagger used to deliver a death stroke to a wounded enemy.