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clerical collar

NOUN
white collar worn by members of the clergy
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Imagine Beto O’Rourke with a clerical collar and capacity to mint money.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

In his Halloween paso doble showcase, he wore a clerical collar and forewent grease paint or creepy contacts, relying on wide-eyed expressions and a low-slung layer of fake fog to hide his relatively clumsy footwork.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2025

“I was wearing my clerical collar, a big old cross necklace, you know, basically everything that you can to identify yourself as not exactly a rioter.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025

Asked if he continued to wear a clerical collar, he again said he had not been given “any instructions about that.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 22, 2022

The door opens and a Negro man stands there looking at me, his white clerical collar gleaming.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett


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