Clerical collar
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A clerical collar, Roman collar, clergy collar, or, informally, dog collar is an item of Christian clerical clothing.
Church of Sweden Lutheran priest Sven-Erik Brodd [sv] wearing a clerical shirt with a "tab collar"
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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
Bands (neckwear)
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Bands are a form of formal neckwear, worn by some clergy and lawyers, and with some forms of academic dress. They take the form of two oblong pieces of cloth, usually though not invariably white, whic
Clerical collar
…bishops), but today is available in a variety of colors depending on the wearer's preference. When clergy are delivering sermons, they sometimes attach preaching bands to their clerical collar. According to the Church of England's Enquiry Centre (citing the Glasgow Herald of December 6, 1894), the detachable clerical…
Two pairs of starched bands, as made by Shepherd & Woodward and Ede & Ravenscroft
John Witherspoon, an 18th-century Presbyterian minister, wearing preaching bands
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, a Roman Catholic priest, wearing preaching bands
A Methodist minister wearing a cassock, vested with a surplice and stole, with preaching bands attached to his clerical collar