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Meanings of Roman collar in English

Catalan
collet de capellà
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A stiff white collar with no opening in the front; a distinctive symbol of the clergy.

collet de capellà
Synonyms
Examples for "clerical collar"
Examples for "clerical collar"
1
He was wearing a tight black short-sleeve shirt with a clerical collar.
Nothing to lose
2
He had been in discussion with another man, one wearing a clerical collar.
Map of bones
3
He tore at his high clerical collar as though suffocating literally.
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
4
The white square of his clerical collar stood out distinctively against the shirt.
Proven guilty
5
Father Hoyt wore his black cape, black suit, and clerical collar.
The Hyperion Cantos
1
Beth drew in her breath at sight of a beautiful dog collar.
A Little Florida Lady
2
One of them had a dog collar on, another smoked a pipe.
The Irish Times
3
He pulls off his dog collar, which is, frankly, beginning to chafe.
Pandaemonium
4
His pink lizard-skin belt is no bigger than a dog collar.
Haunted: a novel of stories
5
A spiked dog collar fastened with a padlock encircled his neck.
Nevermore
Usage of Roman collar in English
1
Father Edwin tugged his Roman collar, his version of clearing his throat.
Wicked lovely
2
A few wealthy parishioners glanced at him, frowning, then noted his Roman collar.
Map of bones
3
The priest is wearing a plain black cassock and Roman collar.
The Hyperion Cantos
4
It looked like Father C. He was wearing his black coat and Roman collar.
Summer of Night
5
It was the minister in the lavender Roman collar.
Rain gods
6
You snap on the Roman collar, and you have instant respect without having earned it.
Boston noir
7
At the nearest end, Heat could see Graf's black clothing and his white Roman collar.
Heat Rises
8
He had the gall to be still wearing his clerical Roman collar above a black shirt.
Map of bones
9
The bloodwork on Father Graf's Roman collar came in and it was a negative match for Captain Montrose.
Heat Rises
10
A stethoscope or a Roman collar will get you in places you can't even crack with a clipboard.
The burglar who painted like mondrian
11
He was so good-looking that in some ways it seemed incongruous to see him in the familiar Roman collar.
The long road home
12
His slender, black-clad figure, with the Roman collar, was admired by many bright eyes at receptions and church bazaars.
The Heart of Rachael
13
He was very correctly dressed, with Roman collar and stock, and obviously had not long left a theological college.
The Necromancers
14
He wondered what he was doing now; whether he had taken off the Roman collar of Christ's familiar slaves?
Lord of the World
15
At one end of the far sofa sat Granger Hoke, Roman collar a little white square in the gloom.
Speaking in Bones
16
Hoke lay crumpled on the floor, eyes closed, a crucifix jutting at a deadly angle from beneath his Roman collar.
Speaking in Bones
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