AMICE


Meaning of AMICE in English

amice 1

/am"is/ , n. Eccles.

an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.

[ 1200-50; ME amice ( s ) amis, amys, pl. of amit amictus mantle, cloak, equiv. to amic-, base of amicire to wrap around ( am- AMBI- + -ic-, comb. s. of iacere to throw) + -tus n. suffix of verbal action (hence, orig. the act of wrapping around) ]

amice 2

/am"is/ , n.

almuce.

[ late ME amisse aumusse, aumuce almucio almucia, almucium ]

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