amice
1 Americannoun
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abbreviation
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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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L. amictus cloak, the word being confused with amice, almuce, a hood or cape.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
Aug. 13th, amice cum Domino Edouardo Keleo de tribus illis votis.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by Dee, John
Ad latus interea jacui sopitus herile, Vel mediis vigil in somnis; ad herilia jussa Auresque atque animum arrectus, seu frustuia amice Porrexit sociasque dapes, seu longa diei T�dia perpessus, reditum sub nocte parabat.
From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher
The neck was bare, the amice being as yet unknown; instead of the stole was what was called the orarium, a sort of handkerchief resting on the shoulders, and falling down on each side.
From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by Newman, John Henry
Deacon, in girded alb, amice, stole over left shoulder, book in left hand.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Dearmer, Percy
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