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sur·plice (sʉr′plis)

noun

a loose, white, wide-sleeved outer ecclesiastical vestment for some services, ranging from hip length to knee length

Etymology: ME surplis < Anglo-Fr surpliz < OFr < ML superpelliceum < L super-, above (see super-) + pelliceum, fur robe, neut. of L pelliceus, made of skins < pellis, skin (see fell)

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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