单词 | amice |
释义 | amice/ˈamɪs /noun 1A white linen cloth worn on the neck and shoulders, under the alb, by a priest celebrating the Eucharist.Many of the older religious orders still wear the amice after the fashion which prevailed in the Middle Ages....
2A cap, hood, or cape worn by members of certain religious orders.One occasionally sees an abbreviated form of amice that fastens with snaps....
OriginLate Middle English: sense 1 from medieval Latin amicia, amisia, of unknown origin; sense 2 from Old French aumusse, from medieval Latin almucia, of unknown origin. |
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