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Middle English
- surplees, surples, surplesse, surpleys, surplis, surplice, surpliz, surplous, surplus, surplyce, surplyse, syrples, syrpulys
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French surpeliz, from Medieval Latin superpelliceum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /surˈpliːs/, /ˈsurplis/
Noun
surplys (plural surplyses)
- A surplice (clerical vestment, also referring to an ephod)
- A tunic similar to a surplice.
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