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What is a surplice?

What is a surplice? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. 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.
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She even made a minister doll, in clerical collar and surplice, and used to rent him out for doll weddings.
Otherwise, they wear their proper choir dress or a surplice over a cassock.
The view of all the choir shows Kevin by himself at the altar and the 4 Anglican Ministers in the surplice stall.
After washing and shaving the deceased, they dressed him in his cassock, surplice and stole.
Once I had stuffed myself behind the wheel with my surplice billowing around me like a collapsed parachute, I switched into passive mode.
The surplice was also associated with the monastic orders, but vesture distinguished only the order and not the kind of order.

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