surplice

🇺🇸 /ˈsɜːrpləs/ 🇬🇧 /ˈsɜːpləs/
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noun
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A type of loose, white, sleeved garment worn over a cassock by clergy and choir members during religious services.

Father John was robed in a pristine surplice for the Easter mass.

translation

n. A type of loose, white, sleeved garment worn over a cassock by clergy and choir members during religious services.

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Plural surplices