Words / 1907 Nuttall Encyclopædia of General Knowledge / S / Surplice
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Surplice, a linen robe with wide sleeves worn by officiating clergymen and choristers, originating in the rochet or alb of early times.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Surplice in Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable
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