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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sur•plice (sûr′plis),USA pronunciation n. - Religion, Clothinga loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers.
- Clothing, Religiona garment in which the two halves of the front cross diagonally.
- Medieval Latin superpellīcium (vestīmentum) over-pelt (garment), neuter of superpellīcius (adjective, adjectival), equivalent. to Latin super- super- + pellīt(us) clothed with skins + -ius adjective, adjectival suffix
- Anglo-French surpliz, syncopated variant of Old French surpeliz
- Middle English surplis 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: surplice /ˈsɜːplɪs/ n - a loose wide-sleeved liturgical vestment of linen, reaching to the knees, worn over the cassock by clergymen, choristers, and acolytes
Etymology: 13th Century: via Anglo-French from Old French sourpelis, from Medieval Latin superpellīcium, from super- + pellīcium coat made of skins, from Latin pellis a skin |