mercy chair

noun

A small, ornately carved wooden protrusion in a cathedral wall, allowing a person to rest against it without actually sitting during long religious services.

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Meanings

nounmercy chair (plural mercy chairs)

plural mercy chairs

  1. architectureA small, ornately carved wooden protrusion in a cathedral wall, allowing a person to rest against it without actually sitting during long religious services.
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