Why this word is great
AMICE — [Noun] A hooded cape of grey fur, once worn by clergy as both vestment and winter armor. From Middle English amit, via Old French emit, from Latin amictus ("mantle, cloak"), rooted in amiciō ("to wrap around"), a verb as snug as the garment itself. Unlike the chasuble (a sleeveless liturgical garment, bare of hood or fur) or the cowl (a monk’s loose drapery, indifferent to ceremony), the amice was both practical and sacramental: the scratch of ermine at the throat, the weight of pelt on hunched shoulders, the way its fur caught candlelight like frost on stone. A relic of faith’s entanglement with survival, where devotion and warmth were one.