clerical collar
Example Sentences
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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
When one of the prosecution witnesses described how Raymond Mhlaba had worn a clerical collar as a disguise, Dennis took to calling him Reverend Mhlaba.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
