amice

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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

Natura fieret laudabile carmen, an arte, Quæsitum est: ego nec studium sine divite vena, Nec rude quid prosit video ingenium; alterius sic Altera poscit opem res, & conjurat amice.

From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol

"Is this the amice that the friar wore?" asked Engstein, holding up the patched garment.

From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II by Huth, Alexander

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

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