Unsurplice
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Unsurplice is a verb meaning (transitive) To remove the surplice (and associated religious status) from.
Meaning
(transitive) To remove the surplice (and associated religious status) from.
Example Sentences
[…] but Mr. — and such like, might hold an indignation meeting against him for going against the Bishops, if he did not unsurplice his choir and degrade his service to their Dissenting level.
If a Wesleyan member in Parliament has the power to unsurplice the priests and deacons of the Church of England, the member of the Church of England may hang the cope upon the shoulders of the Conference.
Word Forms
- unsurplices
- unsurplicing
- unsurpliced
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unpriest, unfrock, unshawl, unblouse, disfrock, unstrip.
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