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Roman collar

Roman collar

noun

  1. another name for clerical collar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Roman collar1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Most priests traded in their cassocks for plain black shirts with Roman collars.

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Now all he wanted to do was take off his Roman collar and lie down.

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But thanks in large part to a memorable head-swiveling cinematic character, Roman collars and crucifixes have long cornered a unique place in the American image of exorcism.

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I told her I would wear either my religious habit or a black suit with a Roman collar, as they are the equivalent of a soldier's class A uniform.

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“When people see a Roman collar at a hospital, they always associate it with bad news and death,” he said.

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