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

Angustam amice pauperiem pati robustus acri militia puer condiscat et Parthos feroces vexet eques metuendus hasta: Vitamque sub divo et trepidis agat in rebus… —And so on, with halts and breaks where memory failed him.

From Fort Amity by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

"Should you be able to swear to the amice?"

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

Apparels were pieces of coloured or embroidered material sewn on to the albe and amice; they were on the skirt and sleeves of the former, and the amice apparel was like a large embroidered collar.

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