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Definition of Almuce
1. n. Same as Amice, a hood or cape.
Definition of Almuce
1. Noun. A hood or cape. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Almuce
1. a hooded cape [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Almuce
Literary usage of Almuce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Since that date the name of the diocese has been simply "Newport", and it has
consisted of Glamorganshire, Monmouthshire, and Hereford- a special almuce. ..."
2. A Manual of Costume as Illustrated by Monumental Brasses by Herbert Druitt (1906)
"Frequently the almuce is represented on brasses in a Prebendal Church of St.
Mary Bitten, Gloucestershire," by the Rev. HT Ellacombe, MA, FSA" See also ..."
3. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society, William Angus Knight, Wordsworth Society (1900)
"Possibly he imagined that the grey almuce of" the Canons at St. Paul's of ...
Whereas, in reality, it was the almuce of the Minor Canons which was black ..."
4. A Manual of Monumental Brasses: Comprising an Introduction to the Study of by Herbert Haines (1861)
"Sutton, dean, 1528, in almuce, qd. pi. -with initials, &c., mur., pp. 21, 41,
79, 222. Mason's Hist, of Dublin Cath., p. 144. II. ..."
5. The Brasses of England by Herbert Walter Macklin (1907)
"Doctors of Divinity and canons wore an almuce lined with grey fur, the former
being further distinguished from the latter by the scarlet colour of the ..."
6. Sacred Archæology: A Popular Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Art and by Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott (1868)
"In the fifteenth century, the almuce was sewn on to the cope like a hood, except
when it was carried across the shoulders, or thrown over the left arm. ..."
7. History of the Present Deanery of Bicester, Oxon by James Charles Blomfield (1884)
"Their dress consisted of a long black cassock, over which, during divine service,
they wore a short surplice or alb and a fur tippet called an almuce, ..."
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