misericorde
- a variation of misericord.
Example Sentences
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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.
From The Story of Rouen by Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir
A remarkable instance of this is in another misericorde in St. Mary’s, Beverley.
From The Grotesque in Church Art by Wildridge, T. Tindall
In Ripon Cathedral, on a misericorde of 1489, representing the bearing of the grapes of Eschol on a staff, are two somewhat similar figures, likewise mere “nobodies,” though without tails.
From The Grotesque in Church Art by Wildridge, T. Tindall
New College, Oxford, has a misericorde of the subject in which the figures, female in appearance, are seated in a sort of box.
From The Grotesque in Church Art by Wildridge, T. Tindall
"Comtesse, a tout peche misericorde," * said a fair-haired young man with a long face and nose, as he entered the room.
From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
