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surplices

surplices is the plural of surplice.

Meaning of surplice

Noun

surplice (plural surplices)

  1. A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures.
    • On the previous night he had taken the manuscript out of a long neglected chest, containing old shooting jackets, old Oxbridge scribbling books, his old surplice, and battered cap and gown, and other memorials of youth, school, and home.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter III, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume II, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC

Questions about surplices

What is surplices the plural of?
Surplices is the plural of surplice.

Words near surplices in the dictionary

  1. surpays
  2. surpeti
  3. surpetis
  4. surplice
  5. surpliced
  6. surplices
  7. surplus
  8. surplus budget
  9. surplus budgets
  10. surplus killing
  11. surplus killings

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