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2. Clerical collar - Wikipedia

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   The clerical collar is almost always white and was originally made of cotton or linen but is now frequently made of plastic. There are various styles of clerical collar. The traditional full collar (the style informally described as a dog collar ) is a ring that closes at the back of the neck, presenting a seamless front.

3. Bands (neckwear) - Wikipedia

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   The standing bands, a semi-circular collar, the curved edge standing up round the back of the head. While the straight horizontal edges in front met under the chin and were tied by band-strings, the collar occasionally was worn turned down. It was supported on a wire frame attached to the neck of the doublet behind. The starched collar rested ...

4. Clerical clothing - Wikipedia

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   Clerical clothing is non-liturgical clothing worn exclusively by clergy.It is distinct from vestments in that it is not reserved specifically for use in the liturgy.Practices vary: clerical clothing is sometimes worn under vestments, and sometimes as the everyday clothing or street wear of a priest, minister, or other clergy member.

5. Designation of workers by collar color - Wikipedia

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   The term "white-collar worker" was coined in the 1930s by Upton Sinclair, an American writer who referenced the word in connection to clerical, administrative and managerial functions during the 1930s. [2] A white-collar worker is a salaried professional, [3] typically referring to general office workers and management.

6. Collar (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   Clerical collar: A band collar worn as part of clerical clothing. Convertible collar: A collar designed to be worn with the neck button either fastened or unfastened. Cossack collar: A high standing collar opening to one side and frequently trimmed with embroidery; popular under the influence of the 1965 film Doctor Zhivago. Detachable collar ...

7. Ruff (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   Dyes of vegetable origin made ruffs pink, light purple, yellow, [6] or green. [7] Light purple could also be achieved using cochineal. [6] Yellow could come from saffron, [8] and pale blue from smalt. [6] The bluish tint of a ruff was supposed to make the wearer's complexion appear paler, thus more attractive to contemporaries. [9]

8. Origins of ecclesiastical vestments - Wikipedia

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   By the 12th century, mitre and gloves were worn by all bishops, and in many cases they had assumed a new ornament, the rationale, a merely honorific decoration (supposed to symbolize doctrine and wisdom), sometimes of the nature of a highly ornamental broad shoulder collar with dependent lappets, and sometimes closely resembling the pallium ...

9. Band collar - Wikipedia

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   A jacket with a band collar. A band collar is a standing band-shaped collar that encircles the neck without a full turndown or a collar "cape". [1] It can be any height or "stand", but is usually under 2" at the front, so as not to push up into the chin. Variations of the band collar are the clerical collar, the mandarin collar and the cadet ...