noun
- loose white vestments worn over other garments by clergy and choir members during religious services
Usage: ecclesiastical; plural of surplice
Examples
- The choir members put on their white surplices before the Sunday service.
- The priest’s surplices were carefully laundered and pressed each week.
- All the altar servers wore matching surplices during the ceremony.
- The church ordered new surplices for the expanding youth choir.
- She helped the children adjust their surplices before they processed into the sanctuary.
- The surplices hung neatly in the vestry closet.