Definitions
a loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English surplys, from Old French surpeliz, from Medieval Latin superpelliceum, from Latin super (“over”) and pellis (“fur”).
Used in a sentence
“[…] the flagstones of the floor, the mats, the banners above the choir, the steps of the ambo, the ancient books black with age, the cassocks and surplices, were all inundated with light.”
“He was a wide man and looked wider in his surplice, especially from our pew, which was close up under the pulpit.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“White vestment”8 letters
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