surplices in English

noun
1
a loose white linen vestment varying from hip-length to calf-length, worn over a cassock by clergy, acolytes, and choristers at Christian church services.
Powerful lights made their white surplices glow like neon, and the pulpitted priest seemed to be borne aloft on a cloud of pure radiance.

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1. ~albs~surplices~Amices~cinctures~ traditional roman styles ~ finest quality linen vestments

2. Traditional And roman Albs and Surplices with Italian and spanish Lace

3. Patrick's Guild carries a variety of styles, sizes and colors of clergy Cassocks and surplices for men and women.

4. Albs, Front Wrap Albs, Button Closures, Velcro Closures, Albs & Surplices, Monks Cloth Albs, Polyester Blend, Wool Blend, Zipper on Shoulder Alb, Embroidered Albs

5. ‘The choristers wore shirt and tie (long ties for the boys and bowties for the men) with black robes over their shoulders (not their liturgical Cassocks and surplices).’

6. Cassocks and Surplices The cassock , or soutane, is an ankle-length robe worn by clerics of the Roma Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox, Anglican and Lutheran Churches, as well as some of theOriental Orthodox churches and ministers and ordained officers of the Presbyterian and Reformed churches.

7. To be found throughout the Anglican Communion, the Warham Guild's work - rich frontals, altars with riddels and dossals, apparelled vestments, flowing surplices, chasubles and tunicles, embroidered banners, rood screens and rood beams, carved and gilded altar crosses and candlesticks, Aumbries, fonts and lecterns, chalices and ciboria, censers