Dictionary entry
Surplice
Pronunciation: /ˈsəːplɪs/
Pronunciation
/ˈsəːplɪs/
Myanmar Meaning
ခရစ်ယာန်ဘုန်းကြီးနှင့် သံပြိုင် သီချင်းဆိုသူတို့ ဝတ်သော လက်မောင်းကျယ် ဖြူဖြူပွပွ အပေါ် အင်္ကျီ။
Definition
surplice /'sɜ:plǝs/ n ခရစ္ယာန္ဘုန္းႀကီးႏွင့္ သံၿပိဳင္ သီခ်င္းဆိုသူတို႔ ဝတ္ေသာ လက္ေမာင္းက်ယ္ ျဖဴျဖဴပြပြ အေပၚ အက်ႌ။
Examples
- ‘History will be made that weekend when the standard of the order will be raised in the town by the local Knights
- who wear a surplice with the cross emblem.’
- ‘Once I had stuffed myself behind the wheel with my surplice billowing around me like a collapsed parachute
- I switched into passive mode.’
- ‘However
- it doesn't match any of the new surplices that have been bought
- which go down to about knee level
- so I'll not be allowed to wear it in future - at least
- not when I'm singing with the rest of my choir.’
- ‘Powerful lights made their white surplices glow like neon
- and the pulpitted priest seemed to be borne aloft on a cloud of pure radiance.’
- ‘White T-shirts
- white jeans
- white ponchos
- even white surplices stood out in the hot July sun.’
- ‘This was about the clerk of that parish
- whose wife used to wash the parson's surplices.’
- ‘Stretching along each side are lines of choirboys and girls in bright surplices
- holding flags and honey-scented tapers.’
- ‘A piano was played
- hymns were sung
- we all duly recited the confession
- creeds and responses
- and the curate ascended the pulpit with surplice flowing.’
- ‘He became a canon of Salisbury in 1563
- but objected to the use of the surplice and to contributing to the repairs of the cathedral.’
- ‘‘If they were presented in ruffs and surplices
- ’ Stainer contends
- ‘it might alienate people.’’