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

almsdeeds
almsfolk
almsfolks
almsgiver
almsgivers
almsgiving
almsgivings
almshouse
almshouses
almsman
almsmen
almswoman
almswomen
almucantar
almucantars
almuce (current term)
almuces
almud
almude
almudes
almuds
almug
almugs
alnage
alnager
alnagers
alnages
alnespirone
alnico
alnicos

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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