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Amice [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A square linen cloth that a Catholic priest ties about his neck, hanging down behind under the alb, when he officiates at mass.

Amice [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church while saying Mass.

2. A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce.