Amict

A amict is a rectangle of fine fabric provided with two Cordon S that a catholic priest must pass around the neck before covering its paddle. The word amictus comes from the Latin amicire which means “to cover”.

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The amict is marked of a Croix that the priest kisses before posing it on his head, then to descend it on its shoulders to cover the collar with its Soutane. The amict must be equipped with two enough long cords to be tied on the chest, while crossing in the back. He points out the amictus which was a long clothing that the Romains related to the head and who covered the whole body.

Since the liturgical reform of 1969, its employment is considered to be optional by the vast majority of the Clergé and, in fact, only the traditionalists use it. However, the Ceremonial of the Bishops (Cæremoniale Episcoporum) of 1984 specifies that “the clothing crowned for all the ministers whatever their rank common is the paddle, tight around the kidneys by the cord, except if it is made according to the mode of the Soutane, so that it marries the body without cord. Before covering the paddle, if it does not surround perfectly the Col of the common dress, one will cover the amict. ” In the place of the paddle one can cover the surplis on the cassock - if one should not cover the Chasuble or the Dalmatique -, the amict being then of no utility.

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