surplice
Sign in to savethumb|Seminarian vested in a pleated Roman-style surplice with lace inserts, holding a thurible.thumb|An Anglicanism|Anglican [[priest wearing a black cassock, white English-style surplice, academic hood, and black tippet as his choir dress.]] thumb|The Death of St. Bede, the monastic clergy are wearing surplices over their [[cowls (original painting at St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw).]] thumb|Abbess Joanna van Doorselaer de ten Ryen, in choir dress. Waasmunster Roosenberg Abbey.
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- Subclass of
- Liturgical vestments and insignia
- Material used
- linen
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- Surplice 2 (PSF).png
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- alb
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- Surplices
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- Origin and variation
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thumb|Seminarian vested in a pleated Roman-style surplice with lace inserts, holding a thurible.thumb|An Anglicanism|Anglican [[priest wearing a black cassock, white English-style surplice, academic hood, and black tippet as his choir dress.]] thumb|The Death of St. Bede, the monastic clergy are wearing surplices over their [[cowls (original painting at St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw).]] thumb|Abbess Joanna van Doorselaer de ten Ryen, in choir dress. Waasmunster Roosenberg Abbey.
A surplice (; Late Latin superpelliceum, from super, "over" and pellicia, "fur garment") is a liturgical vestment of Western Christianity. The surplice is in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton fabric, reaching to the knees, with wide or moderately wide sleeves.
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