surplice.

A loose white garment with sleeves worn over a cassock or other clothing in some Christian services.

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Words that belong together

• white surplice
• choir surplice

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The choir’s surplices shone against their dark cassocks.

A torn surplice hung from a nail in the vestry.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular surplice; plural surplices. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.