misericord
/mɪˈzerɪkɔːd/noun
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（唱诗班席位）可折板椅托板（支撑站立者用）。
2
- historical an apartment in a monastery in which some relaxations of the monastic rule were permitted〈史〉（修道院的）免戒室。
3
- historical a small dagger used to deliver a death stroke to a wounded enemy〈史〉（减少受伤之敌痛苦给以致命一击的）短剑, 匕首。
词源
Middle English (denoting pity)： from Old French misericorde, from Latin misericordia, from misericors 'compassionate'， from the stem of misereri 'to pity' + cor, cord- 'heart'.