Mercy seat (disambiguation)

The mercy seat, in the Hebrew Bible, was the gold lid placed on the Ark of the Covenant.

Mercy seat may also refer to:

Religion

  • Throne of Mercy, Christian iconography representing the Trinity
  • Mourner's bench, a bench located in front of the chancel in Methodist and other evangelical Christian churches
  • Misericord, a small wooden shelf on the underside of a folding seat in a church

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