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surplice

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sur·plice  (sûrpls)
n.
A loose-fitting, white ecclesiastical gown with wide sleeves, worn over a cassock.
[Middle English surplis, from Anglo-Norman surpliz, variant of Old French sourpeliz, from Medieval Latin superpellcium : Latin super-, super- + Medieval Latin pellcium, fur coat (from Latin, neuter of pellcius, made of skin, from pellis, skin; see pel-3 in Indo-European roots).]
surplice
Noun
a loose knee-length garment with wide sleeves, worn by clergymen and choristers [Old French sourpelis]
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Noun1.surplicesurplice - a loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves
vestment - gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy


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Immediately afterwards, the clergyman appeared: putting on his surplice as he came along.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
I could as easy steal the parson's surplice, and wear it.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
Josiah Graves thereupon resigned all his offices, and that very evening sent to the church for his cassock and surplice.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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