Did that order of misericord blades come in, Thomas?. From Wordnik.com. [Clockwork Angel] Reference
A misericord carved with one of the Seven Works of Mercy. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
He recoiled when he saw Sir Roger's glaive and misericord. From Wordnik.com. [The High Crusade]
The taller man held his falchion and a second weapon now, a long, dark-bladed misericord as main. From Wordnik.com. [Night Arrant]
“Just tell me one thing,” I said, sliding the misericord out and handing it over to two first-year students. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
He rummaged in his saddlebags and, besides some homely equipment like a jar of oil, turned up an extra misericord. From Wordnik.com. [Three Hearts and Three Lions]
In her right hand was a rapier, and in the left a misericord, one of the thin elongated daggers used by plate-armored combatants. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
This seat (or misericord), made for the clergy to rest on during services, includes a carving of a griffin and a rabbit who is trying to escape down a hole. From Wordnik.com. [Alice's adventures started here...] Reference
The Abbey House comprises portions of the infirmary and perhaps of the misericord, which survived destruction at the time of the suppression of the monastery. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
For those who didn't know her, Elaine was an amazing woman, who probably knew every misericord and choir stall in Western Europe and had photographed all of them. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
“As we have,” he said, “in the course of this our toilsome journey, lost our meridian, 47 indulgence shall be given to those of our attendants who shall, from very weariness, be unable to attend the duty at prime, 48 and this by way of misericord or indulgentia.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Monastery] Reference
S. Landry whiles that he lived in this world was to accomplish misericord, and he himself departed or dealt the alms to the poor at all times. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Legend, vol. 7] Reference
And the traveller Leopold was couth to him sithen it had happed that they had had ado each with other in the house of misericord where this learningknight lay by cause the traveller Leopold came there to be healed for he was sore wounded in his breast by a spear wherewith a horrible and dreadful dragon was smitten him for which he did do make. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
After these thirty days they came to S. John and said to him: Fair father, ye have always preached misericord and mercy, and commanded that one should pardon another his trespass, we be contrite and repentant of our sins and weep with our eyes for this evil worldly covetise, the which we have by them received, and therefore we pray you that ye have mercy on us. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Legend, vol. 2] Reference
Her badge of a pomegranate surmounted by a crown is to be seen here and there, and on the ceiling of the old chapel, which dates back to the later Middle Ages and has a misericord to every stall, there is the badge of Edward the Fourth, a rose and a falcon.’. From Wordnik.com. [Here Lies Gloria Mundy]
Wuns, in a buk bowt teh evverlyooshun ub violinz, i seed a byootiful picksher ub a misericord carvin. i rememberz it az carvin ub a kitteh fiddlin fer dansin bebbeh kittehz. but mebbe teh liddl wuns wuz meeces! kant fynd teh buk, but i finded similer picksher online. From Wordnik.com. [pew pew pew - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
“Fine,” I said, wrestling with the misericord. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
To supplicate for peace and misericord. From Wordnik.com. [Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920] Reference
He seized the misericord with his free hand. From Wordnik.com. [The High Crusade]
Knelt upon the misericord. From Wordnik.com. [Word Magazine -] Reference
It’s a sort of misericord, or hunting dagger. From Wordnik.com. [City of Glass] Reference
And the traveller Leopold was couth to him sithen it had happed that they had had ado each with other in the house of misericord where this learningknight lay by cause the traveller Leopold came there to be healed for he was sore wounded in his breast by a spear wherewith a horrible and dreadful dragon was smitten him for which he did do make a salve of volatile salt and chrism as much as he might suffice. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
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