neck verse (English, noun)
expansion: neck verse (plural neck verses)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
glosses: A verse or saying, the utterance of which decides one's fate; a shibboleth.
tags: broadly
Forms:
form: neck verses
tags: plural