Roman collar

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.

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.