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subsellium

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sub⋅sel⋅li⋅um

  [suhb-sel-ee-uhm]
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–noun, plural -sel⋅li⋅a  [-sel-ee-uh] .
misericord (def. 2).
Origin:
1695–1705; < L: low seat, bench, equiv. to sub- sub- + sell(a) seat + -ium -ium

mis⋅er⋅i⋅cord

  [miz-er-i-kawrd, mi-zer-i-kawrd]
–noun
1. a room in a monastery set apart for those monks permitted relaxation of the monastic rule.
2. 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.
3. a medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe.
Also, mis⋅er⋅i⋅corde.

Origin:
1200–50; ME misericorde lit., pity, mercy, an act of clemency < MF < L misericordia pity, equiv. to misericord- (s. of misericors) compassionate (miseri-, s. of miserēre to pity + cord- s. of cor heart) + -ia -y 3
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