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
The pastor, a 73-year-old Michigan native and non-denominational evangelical, does not wear a clerical collar and calls himself a Christian activist.
From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2023
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
