Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun plural In Roman law, the lower seats where the judices and inferior magistrates sat in judgment.
  • noun Same as miserere, 2.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Eccl. Arch.) One of the stalls of the lower range where there are two ranges. See Illust. of stall.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A projecting ledge on the stalls in a church where persons might lean whilst standing during prayers; misericord.

Etymologies

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Originates 1695–1705 from Latin subsellia (low seat or bench), from sub- (under) + sella (seat).

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