Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AM'ICE
AM'I-CA-BLYA-MID', or A-MIDST'
AM'ICE, n. [L. amictus, from amicior, to clothe; Fr. amict; Sp. amito; Port. amicto.]
A square linen cloth that a Catholic priest ties about his neck, hanging down behind under the alb, when he officiates at mass. – Sp. and Port. Dict.
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