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surplice
[ sur-plis ]
noun
- a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers.
- a garment in which the two halves of the front cross diagonally.
surplice
/ ˈsɜːplɪs /
noun
- a loose wide-sleeved liturgical vestment of linen, reaching to the knees, worn over the cassock by clergymen, choristers, and acolytes
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Derived Forms
- ˈsurpliced, adjective
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Other Words From
- surpliced adjective
- un·surpliced adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of surplice1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of surplice1
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Example Sentences
The name is now appropriated to the short surplice worn by bishops over their cassocks.'
While conducting the preliminary service he wears a white surplice; in the pulpit he has a black gown.
He wears neither surplice nor black gown in the pulpit, and does quite as well without as with them.
Pre Glorieux, opening his knapsack, drew a surplice over his uniform and rose with a sudden majesty.
If you could see him come out of the vestry in his white surplice, with his rapt face and prophetic eyes.
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