amice

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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 Ellis, Robinson

L. amictus cloak, the word being confused with amice, almuce, a hood or cape.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

"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 Huth, Alexander

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

The priest made the sign of the cross, and took up the amice from the vestments that lay folded on the altar.

From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh