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Roman collar

Roman collar noun: a clerical collar.

Noun

Roman collar (plural Roman collars)

  1. A clerical collar.
    • '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.1844, Difficulties of a Young Clergyman in Times of Division
    • 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.1881, John O'Brien, A History of the Mass and Its Ceremonies in the Eastern and Western Church

Forms of Roman collar

pluralRoman collars

Questions about Roman collar

What does Roman collar mean?
Roman collar means a clerical collar.
What part of speech is Roman collar?
Roman collar is a noun.
What is the plural of Roman collar?
The plural of Roman collar is Roman collars.

Words near Roman collar in the dictionary

  1. Roman chamomile
  2. Roman chamomiles
  3. Roman charities
  4. Roman charity
  5. Roman Church
  6. Roman collar
  7. Roman collars
  8. Roman concrete
  9. Roman concretes
  10. Roman cursive
  11. Roman dodecahedra

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