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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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Example Sentences

Most priests traded in their cassocks for plain black shirts with Roman collars.

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

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.

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

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