neck verses

A form of neck verse — 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.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of neck verse
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APA

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Chicago

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