amice

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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

"Salve! amice," was the satirical salutation of Ahenobarbus.

From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns

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

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

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