| LC control no. | sh 85085986 |
|---|---|
| Topical heading | Misericords |
| Variant(s) | Mercy seats (Seating) |
| See also | Choir stalls |
| Found in | Bovey, N. The mercy seat revisited, 2010: p. ix (when leading worship I always invite members of a congregation to respond at the mercy seat; at the mercy seat all distractions can be cast aside, as covenantal transactions take place between creator and child) Educhurch WWW site, July 18, 2011 (Mercy seat; the mercy seat is probably the most important part of a Salvation Army citadel; it is a long bench at the front of the church, just before the reading desk; mercy seat is the focal point for a relationship with God; place where people can start a new relationship with God; people go to Mercy seat during or end of the service to think and pray) Wikipedia, July 18, 2011 (Misericord; a misericord (sometimes named mercy seat, like the Biblical object) is a small wooden shelf on the underside of a folding seat in a church, installed to provide a degree of comfort for a person who has to stand during long periods of prayer) |
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