almuce

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noun

A hood or cape.

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Meanings

nounalmuce (plural almuces)

plural almuces

  1. A hood or cape.

    It was alleged, for example, that in 1435, when many pilgrims were in the cathedral, the Dean, with an armed band, had made a personal attack on the Chancellor Peter Partrich, whom the soldiers dragged away by his almuce.

    1994, Dorothy Owen, A History of Lincoln Minster, page 159

Origin

Related to amice. Doublet of mutch.

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Translations

French aumusse, aumuce
  • aumussehood or cape made of fur
  • aumucehood or cape made of fur
Italian almuzia, almuzio
  • almuziahood or cape made of fur
  • almuziohood or cape made of fur
Latin almutia, almutium
  • almutiahood or cape made of fur
  • almutiumhood or cape made of fur
Polish almucja
  • almucjahood or cape made of fur

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Caelummacule
Cite this entry
APA

almuce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/almuce

MLA

“almuce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/almuce. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “almuce,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/almuce.

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