surplice
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
surplice (plural surplices)
- A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church. It has the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees. It usually features lace decoration and may have embroidered bordures.
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “The Blessing”,
- He was a wide man and looked wider in his surplice, especially from our pew, which was close up under the pulpit.
- 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “The Blessing”,
- French: surplis
- German: Chorhemd, Chorrock, Superpelliceum (technical, rare)
- Italian: cotta
- Portuguese: sobrepeliz
- Russian: стиха́рь
- Spanish: sobrepelliz
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