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mercy seats

mercy seats is the plural of mercy seat.

Meaning of mercy seat

Noun

mercy seat (plural mercy seats)

  1. (Judaism) The lid of the Ark of the Covenant, on which God is said to have been enthroned; taken to represent the throne in heaven.
    • And thou shalt make a Mercieseat of pure gold: two cubites and a halfe shalbe the length thereof, and a cubite and a halfe the breadth thereof.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 25:17
  2. Synonym of mourners' bench.
    Synonyms:
    mourners' bench

Questions about mercy seats

What is mercy seats the plural of?
Mercy seats is the plural of mercy seat.

Words near mercy seats in the dictionary

  1. mercy me
  2. mercy rule
  3. mercy rules
  4. mercy sake's alive
  5. mercy seat
  6. mercy seats
  7. mercy-killing
  8. mercy-killings
  9. mercyfuck
  10. mercyfucks
  11. mercyfull

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