(1):
(n.) A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; - written also amess, amyss, and almuce.
(2):
(n.) A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church while saying Mass.
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