Rossi affirmed that members who took second vows within the group still took a highly liturgical role and adorned themselves in robes and clerical collars.
Members who took second vows within the group still wore robes and clerical collars.
By the 1880s this had been transmuted into the clerical collar, which was worn almost constantly by the majority of clergy for the rest of the period.
One lady mischievously asked how she should refer in future to the clerical collars worn by women deacons, 'as dog is a masculine noun'.
Preaching tabs can also be worn around the neck in lieu of the clerical collar.
This generally consists of a clerical collar, clergy shirt, and (on certain occasions) a cassock.
When he rode his motorcycle through town in his clerical collar, he challenged the congregations image of a small-town pastor.
In fact, his burning clothing, especially his celluloid clerical collar, caused serious burns to his neck and face.
