amice
noun
an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
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amice
1 American
[am-is]
/ ˈæm ɪs /
noun
Ecclesiastical.
amice
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American
[am-is]
/ ˈæm ɪs /
noun
AMICE
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British
abbreviation
amice
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/ ˈæmɪs /
noun
amice
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/ 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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"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
The alabaster effigy represents the Abbot in his alb, stole, tunic, dalmatic, chasuble, amice, and mitre, with his pastoral staff on his right side.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph) Massé
Till morning fair Came forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
Now, amice, I won't harbour any ill feeling.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by William Stearns Davis
Not for silky tiara nor amice gustily floating Recks she at all any more; thee, Theseus, ever her earnest 70 Heart, all clinging thought, all chained fancy requireth.
From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Robinson Ellis
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