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{{Short description|Religious vestments}} {{For|the English racehorse|Surplice (horse)}} [[Image:Priest_or_seminarian_with_thurible.jpg|thumb|Seminarian vested in a pleated Roman-style surplice with lace inserts, holding a [[thurible]].]][[Image:Choirhabit.jpg|thumb|An [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[priest]] wearing a black [[cassock]], white English-style surplice, [[academic dress|academic hood]], and black [[tippet]] as his [[choir dress]].]] [[Image:Death of St Bede - Project Gutenberg eText 16785.jpg|thumb|''The Death of [[St. Bede]]'', the monastic clergy are wearing surplices over their [[cowl]]s (original painting at [[Ushaw College|St. Cuthbert's College]], [[Ushaw]]).]] [[File:MONTE ROSARVM van DOORSLAER.jpg|thumb|Abbess Joanna van Doorselaer de ten Ryen, in choir dress. Waasmunster [[Roosenberg Abbey]].]] A '''surplice''' ({{IPAc-en|'|s|ΙΛr|p|l|Ιͺ|s}}; [[Late Latin]] ''superpelliceum'', from ''super'', "over" and ''pellicia'', "fur garment") is a [[liturgy|liturgical]] [[vestment]] of [[Western Christianity]]. The surplice is in the form of a [[tunic]] of white linen or cotton fabric, reaching to the knees, with wide or moderately wide [[sleeve]]s. It was originally a long garment with open sleeves reaching nearly to the ground. As it remains in the Western [[Christianity|Christian]] traditions, the surplice often has shorter, closed sleeves and square shoulders. Anglicans typically refer to a Roman-style surplice with the [[Medieval Latin]] term ''cotta'' (meaning "cut-off' in Italian), as it is derived from the cut-off [[alb]]. English-speaking Catholics typically do not make the distinction between the two styles and refer to both as a "surplice".
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