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surplice

sur·plice [ súrpləss ] (plural sur·plic·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
ecclesiastical garment: a white ecclesiastical outer garment like a smock, with wide, often flared sleeves, and varying in length

[13th century. Via Anglo-Norman surpliz< medieval Latin superpellicium "(vestment worn) over a fur garment" < pellicium "fur coat"]
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