surplice

/sur-plis/US // ˈsɜr plɪs //UK // (ˈsɜːplɪs) //

袈裟,上衣,亵服,礼拜服

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a loose-fitting, broad-sleeved white vestment, worn over the cassock by clergy and choristers.
- : a garment in which the two halves of the front cross diagonally.

The name is now appropriated to the short surplice worn by bishops over their cassocks.'
While conducting the preliminary service he wears a white surplice; in the pulpit he has a black gown.
He wears neither surplice nor black gown in the pulpit, and does quite as well without as with them.
Pre Glorieux, opening his knapsack, drew a surplice over his uniform and rose with a sudden majesty.
If you could see him come out of the vestry in his white surplice, with his rapt face and prophetic eyes.