Amice, Or Amict. (Lat. amictus, girt around), a vestment worn by priests in the Roman Catholic church during the celebration of mass. It consists of a square linen cloth tied over the neck and shoulders, and was originally used as a protection for the throat. After the general adoption of the cravar had rendered the amice unnecessary as a neckcloth, it was retained for the significance which it had acquired as an emblem of the cloth wherewith the Saviour was blindfolded by the Jews the night before his crucifixion.