amice

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Thus attired and holding their mitres the Cardinals remain standing while the Pope is vested by the assistant Cardinal-deacons who put on His Holiness the amice, alb, girdle, stole, red cope, formale or clasp, and mitre.

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  1. noun Ecclesiastical A liturgical vestment consisting of an oblong piece of white linen worn around the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.

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  1. Middle English, probably from Old French amis, pl. of amit, from Latin amictus, mantle, from past participle of amicīre, to wrap around : am-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English amice, amyce, amis, ames, amisse, amys, amysse, amesse, from Middle English amyse, an altered form (perhaps by confusion with amisse, English amice) of earlier amyt, English amit, from Old French amit, modern F. amict = Spanish amito = Portuguese amicto = Italian amitto, ammitto, amice, from Latin amictus, a mantle, cloak, Middle Latin an amice, literally that which is thrown or wrapped around one, from amicire, past participle amictus, throw around, wrap around, from am-, ambi-, around, + jacere, throw: see jet.
  2. Early modern English amice, amise, amis, amess, ames, amys, amos, ammes, ammas, etc., and (after Middle Latin, Spanish, etc.) almuce, from Middle English amisse, from Old French aumusse, modern F. aumuce, aumusse = Provencal almussa = Spanish almucio = Portuguese mursa = Italian (obsolete) mozza, in Middle Latin almussa, almussia, almucia, almicia, almussum, almutia, almutium, armutia, a cape, hood, amice; cf. diminutive Provencal almucela = OPg. almucella, almocella = Spanish almocela, Old Spanish almucella, almoçala, with different termination Old French aumucette = Spanish muceta = Italian mozzetta; also (from Middle Latin almutia, armutia) in Teutonic: Old High German almuz, armuz, Middle High German mutze, mütze, German mütze, Old Dutch almutse, amutse, mutse, D. muts, Scots mutch, a cap, hood: see mutch. The ult. origin is doubtful; al- may be the Arabic article. For the different senses, cf. cap, cape, cope, ult. of the same origin.
 

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