Roman collar

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2023

He was fifty, large, and bald, and he dressed in an oxford shirt and tie rather than a black suit and Roman collar.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 8, 2019

He wore clerical clothing — a Roman collar and black shirt — and was known as “Father Bob,” Lt.

From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2018

He opened a consulting firm and gave up his Roman collar in 1975 to marry longtime friend Dore, who served as secretary of labor from December 1987 to January 1989.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2016

The pope wore a dark great coat over his priest's cassock, a low-crowned round hat, and a broad brown woollen neckcloth outside his straight Roman collar.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.