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surplice sentence examples

  • Constantly wear the surplice in administration of all offices mentioned in the prayer book?
  • We entered the quiet and humble temple; the priest waited in his white surplice at the lowly altar, the clerk beside him.
  • Surplice fees, viz. £ 6, paid by the impropriator.
  • The track was removed from the mainline, and a point that was made surplice last winter will be craned in next weekend.

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