amice

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These additions to the albe and amice were always used in England, and of course lace was unknown in old times.

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 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

At the top of it you see the amice.

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

This is the explanation of ll. 1-4, ‘Angustam amice pauperiem pati robustus acri militia puer    condiscat et Parthos ferocis       vexet eques,’ lines which also refer to the resuscitation by Augustus of the citizen-cavalry.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah