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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Amice
The amice is a liturgical vestment in the Roman Catholic Church.
This method of wearing the amice has fallen into desuetude for the clergy at large, and the only surviving trace of it is the rubric directing that, in putting it on, the amice should for a moment be laid upon the head before it is adjusted round the neck.
Akin to the amice is a vestment peculiar to the popes, the fanone (Med.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Amice   (359 words)

  
 Amice - LoveToKnow 1911
According to modern Roman use, laid down by the decree of the Congregation of Rites in 1819, the amice must be of linen or of a hempen material, not wool; and, as directed by the new Roman Missal (1570), a small cross must be sewn or embroidered in the middle of it.
The amice is now worn under the alb, except at Milan and Lyons, where it is put on over it.
It had at the outset no liturgical significance whatever, and was simply adopted by the clergy for the same reason that the clergy of the 18th century wore wigs - because it was part of the full dress of ordinary life.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Amice
sanctuary, the amice is again pulled up over the head, and thus both in coming and going it serves as a head-covering in lieu of the modern birretta.
date the amice came to be regarded as an indispensable part of the priest's liturgical attire is not quite clear; for both Bishop Theodulph of Orléans (d.
As in case of the alb, so for the amice, linen woven from the fibre of flax or hemp is the only permissible material.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/01428c.htm   (1040 words)

  
 AMICE - Online Information article about AMICE
RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)
Akin to the amice is a vestment pee'uliar to the popes, the fanone (Med.
The fanone was originally a cloth like the amice and was wrapped round neck and From Braun, LiturgischeGewandung.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /ALM_ANC/AMICE.html   (1183 words)

  
 Moonlit Amice - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft
Moonlit Amice is an amice that gives bonuses to stamina and spirit.
Moonlit Amice is a quest reward from the Alliance quest series Varlarriel's Search which starts with Vahlarriel Demonslayer at Nijel's Point in Desolace.
This page was last modified 22:27, 26 July 2007.
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 Traditional and Chancel Albs from Church Goods Supplier CM Almy - also see church communion supplies, chasubles, ...
Combination pocket/side openings on all Almy albs let you carry a transmitter in a pocket on either side and run the microphone cord through the hidden side opening inside the alb to your collar.
Traditionally styled to be worn with an amice
Buttons at top front for easy over-the-head vesting
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