Plural of amice; rectangular linen cloths worn by clergy around the shoulders and neck during religious ceremonies.
From Latin 'amictus,' the plural ecclesiastical garments worn during Christian liturgy since the Middle Ages as part of formal religious dress.
Amices are one of those medieval pieces of religious clothing that look simple but have tons of rules—priests have to wear them a specific way, and putting one on wrong is supposedly spiritually bad.
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