amice

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Deacon,* stole worn over left shoulder, maniple, but no amice and no girdle; wears instead of alb a surplice with full sleeves—an unusual combination.

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

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

Superhumeral, sū-pėr-hū′me-ral, n. anything carried on the shoulders: the amice: the pallium: a Jewish ephod.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Non hic amice, pernoctas, you don’t lodge here, Mr. Ferguson.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John

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