NECK-VERSE

Domain	Definition
Literature	Neck-verse (Psalm li. 1). "Have mercy upon me, O God, according to They lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions." This verse was so called because it was the trial-verse of those who claimed benefit of clergy; and if they could read it, the ordinary of Newgate said, "Legit ut clericus, " and the convict saved his neck, being only burnt in the hand and set at liberty. "If a clerk had been taken For stealing of bacon. For burglary, murder, or rape. If he could but rehearse (Well prompt) his neck-verse, He never could fail to escape." British Apollo (1710). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Anagrams: NECK-VERSE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-k-n-r-s-v"
	-2 letters: eveners, keeners, neckers, veneers.
	-3 letters: censer, creeks, creese, evener, keener, keeves, kernes, necker, nerves, reeves, reseek, reseen, screen, secern, seeker, serene, severe, veneer.
	-4 letters: cense, ceres, creek, ernes, esker, evens, keens, keeve, kerne, kerns, knees, necks, nerve, never, neves, recks, reeks, reeve, resee, scene, scree, serve, seven, sever, skeen, skene, sneck, sneer, veers.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-k-n-r-s-v"
	+4 letters: neckerchieves.
	+5 letters: handkerchieves.
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