clerical collar
noun
: a narrow stiffly upright white collar worn buttoned at the back of the neck by members of the clergy
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Imagine Beto O’Rourke with a clerical collar and capacity to mint money.
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Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
In the same photo used year after year, Galizia wears a clerical collar and flashes an enigmatic smile worthy of the Mona Lisa against the granite wall of a church in his native Palermo.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
In particular, viewers have commented on Father Duplenticy's neck tattoo, which ever so slightly peeks from out his clerical collar.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 Dec. 2025
In Chicago, the indelible image of a pastor in a clerical collar shot in the head with a pepper ball by agents standing on the rooftop of an ICE building is a direct violation of CBP’s use of force policy.
—Andy Rose 19 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
In the same photo used year after year, Galizia wears a clerical collar and flashes an enigmatic smile worthy of the Mona Lisa against the granite wall of a church in his native Palermo.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
In particular, viewers have commented on Father Duplenticy's neck tattoo, which ever so slightly peeks from out his clerical collar.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 Dec. 2025
In Chicago, the indelible image of a pastor in a clerical collar shot in the head with a pepper ball by agents standing on the rooftop of an ICE building is a direct violation of CBP’s use of force policy.
—Andy Rose 19 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Clerical collar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clerical%20collar. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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