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surpliced, a.|ˈsɜːplɪst|
[f. prec. + -ed2.]
Wearing or vested in a surplice.
a1765Mallet Funeral Hymn ii, As the surplic'd train draw near To this last mansion of mankind. 1835I. Taylor Spir. Despot. vi. 262 The hundreds of surpliced idlers that swelled the episcopal pageant. 1852Rock Ch. Fathers III. i. 371 Headed by coped and surpliced choristers. 1871Echo 6 Jan., In 180 [churches] the surplice is used in the pulpit, in 151 there are surpliced choirs.
b. fig. Clothed in white.
1845Kingsley in Macm. Mag. No. 246. 520 Frozen fields that surpliced lie. |
