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• amice
  amice

  noun

  an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
• AMICE
  AMICE

  abbreviation

  Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers

amice

¹ American  

[am-is] / ˈæm ɪs /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

1. an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.

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amice ² American  

[am-is] / ˈæm ɪs /

noun

1. almuce.

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AMICE ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers

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amice ² British  

/ ˈæmɪs /

noun

1. Christianity a rectangular piece of white linen worn by priests around the neck and shoulders under the alb or, formerly, on the head

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amice ³ British  

/ ˈæmɪs /

noun

1. another word for almuce

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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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amice

"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

On other occasions the girded alb and the amice are often worn by the deacon and subdeacon.

From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by J. A. (Jacob Asbury) Regester

"Morning fair Came forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray."

From Life of John Milton by Richard Garnett

Apparels were pieces of coloured or embroidered material sewn on to the albe and amice; they were on the skirt and sleeves of the former, and the amice apparel was like a large embroidered collar.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See by George Worley

At the top of it you see the amice.

From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Walter Field

Related Words

• frock
• garb
• robe
• stole
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