unsurplice en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + surplice.
Meanings
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(transitive) To remove the surplice (and associated religious status) from.
[…] 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.
1882, Arthur Rawson Ashwell, Reginald Garton Wilberforce, Life of the Right Reverend Samuel Wilberforce, D. D., page 189: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.
1845, The Quarterly Review (London), volume 161, page 482:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unsurpliced | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unsurpliced | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unsurplices | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unsurplicing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |