Meaning of Roman collar | Babel Free

Definitions

A clerical collar.

Examples

“'The Rev. Sebastian Diggles!' said the servant at that instant, throwing open⟳ the library-door, and ushering in a tall, heavy-looking personage, somewhat quaintly attired in the clerical costume of the last⟳ century, relieved by a few additional peculiarities—to wit, a Roman collar, &c.”

“The clerical Collar, generally styled the Roman Collar, and in French Rabat, was unknown as an article of ecclesiastical attire, at least in its present⟳ form⟳, prior to the sixteenth century.”

“In some places priests who appear⟳ always in Roman collar are suspected of aspiring to higher offices. It is taken so because usually the bishops appear⟳ in this official dress. The wearing of Roman collar can potentially depersonalize someone.”

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