miseries

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The misereres under the choir stalls are very quaintly carved, and one of them, “the pelican in her piety,” was for many years used as the sign of an inn near the church.

From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Scott, Daniel

The misereres at Beverly date from about 1520.

From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs

The Belgian priest gasped and fell back, and none other was found to say aught against Master Laurence, which, considering the ten thousand paternosters and the three hundred misereres, was not unnatural.

From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank

The misereres and arms of the stalls are exquisitely carved.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric by Hallett, Cecil Walter Charles

Indeed, Mr. Douce believes that many of the strange carvings on the misereres in our cathedrals have references to these practices.

From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1 by Turner, Dawson