Dark gray clergyman shirt | Catholic Church L/S

Dark gray clergyman shirt | Catholic Church

• Clergyman shirt for Catholic Church priest.
• Made of dark gray fabric.
• 35% cotton and 65% polyester.
• Long sleeve clergyman shirt.
• Priest shirts for sale from size 40 to 48, both inclusive. Select the desired size in the first drop-down to the right of the photo of the shirt ("Size"). Check availability of other sizes.
• Available short sleeve clergyman shirt. 

Catholic Church clergy shirt

In general, the word clergyman can refer to any garment worn by a priest but it is common today to associate it more with shirts with detachable collars. It is common to talk about clergyman shirts or priest shirts interchangeably.

The concept of clergyman, in addition to referring to clothing in general and shirts in particular, is also used to refer to the detachable collar itself, the Catholic Church collar of the shirts. In this sense, it is not unusual to hear the expressions' clergyman shirts or clergyman collar shirt to designate the shirts worn by the clergy.

Meaning of Clergyman in the Catholic Church

The word clergyman is an English concept.

Clergy, in the Catholic Church, is a person who has been legitimately received into the ranks of the clergy. Considering the clergy as the entire ecclesiastical hierarchy of the Catholic Church.

Clergy have the authority to organize the lay people under their tutelage. They can also administer the sacraments.

In the broad sense, the word clergy refers to monks, nuns, hermits and some other particular cases.

Clergy may belong to different religious orders or congregations, each with its own specific form of life.

They are obliged to dress appropriately and wear Catholic Church vestments that distinguish them from the laity. Clergy have strict rules regarding their relationships with members of the opposite sex and must avoid any inappropriate association. They are bound to obey their bishops in all matters determined by canon law.