mercy seat

1. 1.

   the throne of God

   Broaderthrone
2. 2.

   the golden covering of the ark of the covenant

   Broadercovering

Questions about mercy seat

What does mercy seat mean?

mercy seat means "the throne of God". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is mercy seat a common word?

mercy seat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.