amice
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"Is this the amice of the friar you saw issue from the copse?" asked Ludwig, holding up a patched amice such as is worn by the Capuchin friars.
From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II by Alexander Huth
Especially did he feel the weight of the amice, which was like a heavy iron helmet crushed down over his shoulders.
From The City and the World and Other Stories by Francis Clement Kelley
Then he puts on his own vestments as follows: Over his shoulders the amice, a square, white cloth.
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Thomas L. Kinkead
Who but would cast his pomp away, To take my staff and amice grey, And to the world's tumultuous stage, Prefer the peaceful Hermitage?
From Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
As early as November 28, 1520, Giulio de' Medici, at that time Cardinal, wrote from the Villa Magliana. to Buonarroti, addressing him thus: "Spectabilis vir, amice noster charissime."
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by John Addington Symonds
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