Definition of "misericorde" [mis•er•i•corde]

• An act of clemency; pity, mercy. (noun)
• A misericord. (noun)

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• "Compassion, condolence, commiseration, or pity, is no other thing than an affection which makes us share in the suffering and sorrow of him whom we love, drawing the misery which he endures into our heart; whence it is called misericorde, or, as it were, misere de cœur: as complacency draws into the lover's heart the pleasures and contentments of the thing beloved."
• "The "Lai d'Aristote," which occurred in the exterior carvings, is repeated here on the misericorde which is the ninth of the top row on the southern side."
• "“Comtesse, a tout peche misericorde,” * said a fair-haired young man with a long face and nose, as he entered the room."