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
The Dominican Friars still wear the amice on the head when approaching the altar at mass.
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 Worley, George
The seal represents Abbot Samson, vested in amice, alb, tunic, dalmatic, chasuble, rationale, and mitre.
From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de
How strange the evidence, too, that convicted him, the theft of the bottle of hair dye, the remarkable patch on his amice.
From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II by Huth, Alexander
Deacon* in dalmatic, alb, amice, holding open book in left hand, right hand gone; drapery is wonderfully fine.
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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