surplice
noun
a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers.
surpliced
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a word derived from
surplice.
Example Sentences
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White surpliced priests marched chanting part way up the volcano.
From Time Magazine Archive
He hung on to the rail, his surpliced figure trembling as with palsy.
From Amusement Only by Richard Marsh
After chanted vigils and a sufficiently long mass, white surpliced priests, preceded by a cross, appeared at the church doorway.
From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz
The women kneel in the aisles, shrouding their heads in their shawls; the surpliced acolyte swings his censer; the heavy perfume of burning incense fills the hall.
From Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
The idol existed for him in some remote sphere, becoming incarnate just for an hour on Sunday morning, a golden-haired surpliced voice, that suggested the vanished thrills of the Wide, Wide World.
From Across the Stream by Edward Frederic Benson
