amice
noun
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
amice
1 American
[am-is]
/ ˈæm ɪs /
noun
Ecclesiastical.
amice
2
American
[am-is]
/ ˈæm ɪs /
noun
AMICE
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British
abbreviation
amice
2
British
/ ˈæmɪs /
noun
amice
3
British
/ ˈæmɪs /
noun
Etymology
Origin of amice1
1200–50; Middle English amice ( s ) < Old French amis, amys, plural of amit < Latin amictus mantle, cloak, equivalent to amic-, base of amicīre to wrap around ( am- ambi- + -ic-, combining stem of iacere to throw) + -tus noun suffix of verbal action (hence, originally the act of wrapping around)
Origin of amice2
late Middle English amisse < Middle French aumusse, aumuce < Spanish almucio < Latin almucia, almucium
Example Sentences
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Tho' chang'd my cloth of gold for amice grey— Many of the first discoverers, if we may believe B. Diaz and other contemporary writers, ended their days in a hermitage, or a cloister.
From Poems by Samuel Rogers
"Is this the amice of the friar you saw issue from the copse?" asked Ludwig, holding up a patched amice such as is worn by the Capuchin friars.
From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II by Alexander Huth
Non hic amice, pernoctas, you don’t lodge here, Mr. Ferguson.
From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by John Leech
Then he puts on his own vestments as follows: Over his shoulders the amice, a square, white cloth.
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Thomas L. Kinkead
As early as November 28, 1520, Giulio de' Medici, at that time Cardinal, wrote from the Villa Magliana. to Buonarroti, addressing him thus: "Spectabilis vir, amice noster charissime."
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by John Addington Symonds
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