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surpliced

surpliced

1 9.9
Wearing a loose white robe over clothes during a church service
  • adjective
: vestido con sobrepelliz
  • The surpliced choir filed solemnly into the cathedral for the evening service.

Examples

  • All the surpliced altar servers stood in line during the ceremony.

  • A surpliced priest led the congregation in prayer.

  • Look! A surpliced figure is approaching.

  • The surpliced priest led the congregation in prayer.

  • A surpliced priest led the congregation in prayer.

  • All the surpliced altar servers stood in line during the ceremony.

  • The surpliced choir filed solemnly into the cathedral for the evening service.

Synonyms

vestmented
vssurpliced
9.9

Wearing special clothes for a ceremony, especially church robes

refers to wearing a single traditional choir or clergy overgarment during services

Surface Forms

surpliced positive

Morphology

surpliced = surplice (transparent) = surplice + ed

Formed by the noun 'surplice' plus the adjectival/participial suffix '-ed', meaning 'wearing a surplice', which is a direct and regular derivation.

Etymology

The word surpliced comes from the old garment surplice, made from the Latin parts super- 'over' and pellicia 'fur coat'. It was originally an outer garment worn 'over' a robe, so a surpliced priest or choir member is simply someone 'wearing a surplice'.