Read full poem →"4. Next after Sir Edmonbury, so mounted, came a priest in a
surplice, with a cope embroidered with dead bones, skeletons,
skulls, and the like, giving pardons very plentifully to all
Dictionary Entry
A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church. It has the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees. It usually features lace decoration and may have embroidered b
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Common Phrases
. surplicefees surpliceover surplicesurplice whitesurplice linen
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Poetry examples for “surplice”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.