neck verse

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  A verse or saying, the utterance of which decides one's fate; a shibboleth.
 * 1)  A verse or saying, the utterance of which decides one's fate; a shibboleth.
 * 1)  A verse or saying, the utterance of which decides one's fate; a shibboleth.