surplice
surplice is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 37 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A white garment worn over another dress by the clergy of the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and certain other churches, in some of their ministrations. Surplice fees (Eccl.), fees paid to the English clergy for occasional duties.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alb
- amice
- apron
- biretta
- calotte
- canonicals
- capouch
- cassock
- chasuble
- cope
- costume
- cowl
- crosier
- crown
- dalmatic
- fannel
- fanon
- frock
- gown
- hat
- hood
- lawn
- miter
- mozetta
- pall
- pallium
- pastoral
- robe
- scapulary
- scarf
- shovel
- staff
- stole
- tiara
- tonsure
- triple
- tunicle
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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