In another context a surplice is an ecclesiastical vestment. From Wordnik.com. ["Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930] Reference
On weekdays he wore a smock-frock, which he called his surplice, with wonderful fancy stitches on the breast and back and sleeves. From Wordnik.com. [The Parish Clerk] Reference
Puritans called the surplice, and first hung up by some Puritan or. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 61, December 28, 1850] Reference
One of the party made a notable discovery, that the surplice was a kind of garment used by the priests of. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions] Reference
I didn't know that was called a surplice bodice, but I've been looking for one pattern or ready to wear because I've always loved it. From Wordnik.com. [Back in the Saddle - A Dress A Day] Reference
The Curé's cassock is black; but it is not uglier than a surplice, which is white. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.] Reference
I protest that I heard you mention the word 'surplice' to Gerald Yorke, the day there was that row in the cloisters, when. From Wordnik.com. [The Channings] Reference
The Dean of Westminster, in a surplice and rich cope. From Wordnik.com. [Coronation Anecdotes] Reference
"Why, what possible use could he have for a surplice?". From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
The culprit was convicted and the surplice duly restored. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
He had started on the trail of the surplice the day before. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
"But I could not in any case have worn one with a surplice.". From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
My model will be here in a few moments to don your surplice. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
And here began the mundane career of the minister's surplice. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
I thought this surplice would be more comfortable than a sheet. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
The next afternoon Amarilly called at the studio for the surplice. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
His surplice shone in the shadows against the outline of the columns. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
Instead of wearing a surplice or a religious garment, she just wears wings. From Wordnik.com. [Billy Collins: A Poet's Affection For Emily Dickinson] Reference
The next wearing of the surplice was more in accord with its original design. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
Amarilly, the beloved surplice, that friend of friends in time of need, had vanished. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
Without much difficulty Ben produced a cap, and Amarilly hurried home for the surplice. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
The surplice, carefully laundered after the funeral, was ready for new fields of labor. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
Amarilly walked home very slowly, trying to think of a way to realize again from the surplice. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
"Why, how in the world did you come by such a thing as a surplice?" asked the widow in surprise. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
And yet his surplice and all that pertained thereto were matters of great moment to the rector of St. Mark's. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
Her face was of astonishing whiteness, her dress a mass of white linen loosely folded round her like a surplice. From Wordnik.com. [Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Foremost as the plumes of Henry of Navarre in battle were the surplice and the renting thereof in Amarilly's vision. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
This was the longest and most remunerative act of the surplice, and served to pay for a very long accruing milk bill. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
Among these were the use of the surplice, of the ring in the marriage service, and of the sign of the cross in baptism. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
From a wedding to a funeral was the natural evolution of a surplice, but this time it did not appear in its customary rôle. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
He inquired solicitously concerning the surplice, and bade her be a good girl and not forget the two words he had taught her. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
Amarilly went home for the surplice and received therefor the sum of one dollar, which swelled the Jenkins's purse perceptibly. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
Perhaps the secret of her charm for him lay in the fact that she treated him as she did other men -- men who did not wear a surplice. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
Amarilly breathed a devout prayer of thankfulness that the last surplice had been removed and was now being put to soak by her mother. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
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