Definitionn. a loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves
Last update: June 23, 2015
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I saw a priests wearing surplice. [Please select]
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As it was, although Parker said that Grindal "was not resolute and severe enough for the government of London," his attempts to enforce the use of the surplice evoked angry protests, especially in 1565, when considerable numbers of the nonconformists were suspended; and Grindal of his own motion denounced Cartwright to the Council in 1570. [Please select]
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Wood is in the vestry, sir, putting on his surplice. [Please select]
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They did not like the cross in baptism, nor the ring in marriage; and they could not bear to see a clergyman in a surplice. [Please select]
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A poor priest, in a worn surplice, reverently carries the Host under an old dirty canopy. [Please select]
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The boy soprano, clad in white surplice, stood in the organ loft. [Please select]
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Brown as he waved his arms gracefully in his surplice and preached sentimental sermons. [Please select]
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Then he raised his arm in benediction, gathered up his surplice, descended the pulpit steps, and crossed swiftly the chancel. [Please select]
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