neckverse

neckverse
neckˈverse noun
The test of ability to read for those who claimed benefit of clergy (qv), usu Psalm 51.1, success giving the privilege of being branded on the hand instead of hanging
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Main Entry:neck

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  • Feszenninen — Fes|zen|ni|nen 〈Pl.〉 altital. Festlieder voll drastischen Spotts, improvisierte Neckverse (bes. auf Hochzeiten) [Etym.: <lat. Fescenninus (Adj.); nach der etruskischen Stadt Fescennium] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

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