Noun:

ਕਲੈਰੀਕਲ ਜ਼ੋਨ,

clerical collar's Usage Examples:

Invented in the Presbyterian Church, the clerical collar was adopted by other Christian denominations, including the Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Methodist churches, Eastern Orthodox Church, Baptist churches and the Lutheran churches.

dress by being generally black and by a black shirt incorporating a clerical collar.

In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, non-Christian clergy, such as some Jewish rabbis in England (such as Rabbi Abraham Cohen, the editor of the Soncino Books of the Bible) would also wear clerical collars.

In the 1960s, many clergy who lived in countries where Catholicism was the dominant religion also began to wear the clerical collar rather than the soutane or cassock.

During the 1950s the Reverend Alec Vidler began to advocate the abolition of the clerical collar in favour of a black shirt and white tie, but whilst some clergy adopted this mode of dress it did not become widespread.

seen wearing the clerical collar and clergy shirt in public.

Eastern deacons and sometimes subdeacons, but rarely readers or other minor clerics, also wear a clerical collar, with subdeacons and readers often having a style with no notch, or a tab shirt with no tab.

Members of religious orders will often wear a Brother's Collar or Brothers Collarette which is very similar to a typical clerical collar, but revealing a noticeably smaller amount of the white band.

Prior to the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) the practice of Catholic clergy wearing the clerical collar as street-dress tended to be found only in those countries where Catholicism was the minority religion.

Among the Eastern Catholic Churches and Eastern Orthodox Church a band collarette with no notch in front may be worn by seminarians, although the norm is still a standard clerical collar.

Once the clerical collar is removed the garment is indistinguishable from any other shirt.

times, many Christian clergy have adopted the use of a shirt with a clerical collar.

Synonyms:

neckband, collar, Roman collar, dog collar,

Antonyms:

unskilled, blue-collar, juvenile, amateur, nonprofessional,