neck verse
neck verse · neck verses
The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the…The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the fifty-first Psalm, "Miserere mei," etc.
Meaning
2 sensesThe verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the fifty-first Psalm, "Miserere mei," etc.
(broadly)A verse or saying, the utterance of which decides one's fate; a shibboleth.
Forms
plural: neck verses| Singular | neck verse |
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