misericord

/miz-er-i-kawrd, mi-zer-i-kawrd/US // ˌmɪz ər ɪˈkɔrd, mɪˈzɛr ɪˌkɔrd //UK // (mɪˈzɛrɪˌkɔːd) //

吝啬鬼,吝啬的人,悲惨世界,悲惨的人

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a room in a monastery set apart for those monks permitted relaxation of the monastic rule.
- : Also subsellium. a small projection on the underside of a hinged seat of a church stall, which, when the seat is lifted, gives support to a person standing in the stall.
- : a medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe.

Such indulgences or allowances of drink were also called misericord.
"It certainly looks like a misericord," remarked Reeves, drawing the rusty steel from its mouldy sheath.