The cassock, or soutane, is a Christian clerical robe used by the clergy and male religious of the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches, in addition to some cler
First native Catholic priest in the Belgian Congo, wearing a Roman cassock with the standard 33 buttons. Early 1900s.
Cardinal Prospero Caterini 1795–1881
During procession the cassock is prescribed for high clergy
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone wearing a tropical white cassock trimmed in cardinalatial scarlet in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
A clerical collar, Roman collar, clergy collar, or, informally, dog collar is an item of Christian clerical clothing.
Cassock
…the 1960s, when it was largely replaced by clerical suits, distinguished from lay dress by being generally black and by a black shirt incorporating a clerical collar. The word cassock comes from Middle French casaque, meaning a long coat. In turn, the Old French word may come ultimately from Turkish kazak (nomad…
Church of Sweden Lutheran priest Sven-Erik Brodd [sv] wearing a clerical shirt with a "tab collar"
An Anglican military chaplain wearing a "dog collar" (full collar) during World War I
A plastic clerical collar
L. M. von Otto, a Lutheran pastor from Poland wearing an earlier style of clerical collar