Definition
A ceremonial vestment or cloth worn by Catholic clergy, typically a white linen cloth worn around the shoulders and neck under other vestments.
Etymology
From Latin 'amictus' meaning 'wrapped around' or 'clothed,' derived from 'amicire' (to wrap around). Used in ecclesiastical Latin since medieval times.
Kelly Says
The amictus is one of the oldest pieces of liturgical clothing still in use, and its name reveals its original purpose—it was literally whatever cloth you had to wrap around yourself for modesty, long before standardized vestments existed.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አምእክቱስ
a-m-ek-tu-su
ARالعربية
أميكتوس
a-mi-k-tus
BNবাংলা
অমিক্তুস
a-mik-tus
CACatalà
amictus
a-mik-tus
CSČeština
amictus
a-mik-tus
DADansk
amictus
a-mik-tus
DEDeutsch
amictus
a-mik-tus
ELΕλληνικά
αμίκτος
a-mik-tos
ESEspañol
amictus
a-mikt-us
FAفارسی
امیکتوس
a-mik-tus
FISuomi
amictus
a-mik-tus
FRFrançais
amictus
a-mik-tus
HIहिन्दी
अमिक्टुस
a-mik-tus
HUMagyar
amictus
a-mik-tus
IDBahasa Indonesia
amictus
a-mik-tus
ITItaliano
amictus
a-mik-tus
JA日本語
アムィクトゥス
a-mu-ik-to-su
KO한국어
암이쿠투스
a-mi-ku-tu-seu
MSBahasa Melayu
amictus
a-mik-tus
MYမြန်မာ
အမိက္တု
a-mi-k-tu
NLNederlands
amictus
a-mik-tus
NONorsk
amictus
a-mik-tus
PLPolski
amictus
a-mik-tus
PTPortuguês
amictus
a-mik-tus
RORomână
amictus
a-mik-tus
RUРусский
аммикт
am-mik-t
SVSvenska
amictus
a-mik-tus
SWKiswahili
amictus
a-mik-tus
TAதமிழ்
அமிக்க்துஸ்
a-mik-k-tus
TEతెలుగు
అమికటుస్
a-mi-ka-tus
THไทย
อามิค圖ส
a-mi-k-tu-su
TRTürkçe
amictus
a-mik-tus
UKУкраїнська
аммікт
am-mik-t
VITiếng Việt
amictus
a-mik-tus