surplice /'sxplis; 'ssphs/ n loose-fitting (usu white) gown with wide sleeves worn by (some) priests (over a cassock) during church services. (某些教士于教堂禮拜時所著的) 白法衣 (罩于袈裟外的長務(wù)) 。 3 the illus at vestment. 參看 vestment 之插圖。 surpliced adj wearing a ~ .著白法衣的。