Surplice vs Cassock - What's the difference?
surplice | cassock |
A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church. It has the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees. It usually features lace decoration and may have embroidered bordures.
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(obsolete) A coarse, loose cloak or gown, worn by women, sailors, shepherds, countryfolk etc.
An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations.
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As nouns the difference between surplice and cassock
is that surplice is a liturgical vestment of the Christian Church. It has the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees. It usually features lace decoration and may have embroidered bordures while cassock is a military cloak or long coat worn by soldiers or horsemen in the 16th and 17th centuries.surplice
English
Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surplice d group stopped to say the last prayer.}}
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* ("surplice" on Wikipedia)cassock
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Noun
(wikipedia cassock) (en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
