amice
Example Sentences
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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.
"Is this the amice that the friar wore?" asked Engstein, holding up the patched garment.
From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II by Alexander Huth
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 Alexander Huth
He made an attempt to raise the amice but could not, and turned slightly; and the man from behind stepped up again and lifted it for him.
From By What Authority? by Robert Hugh Benson
The neck was bare, the amice being as yet unknown; instead of the stole was what was called the orarium, a sort of handkerchief resting on the shoulders, and falling down on each side.
From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by John Henry Newman