or tenure in AMICITIA, tenere in amicitiam, in the feudal customs, were lands granted freely to be enjoyed only so long as the donor pleased.

AMICUS, in Roman antiquity, was any upper garment worn over the tunica.

Amicus, among ecclesiastical writers, the uppermost garment anciently worn by the clergy; the other five being the alba, ingulum, stola, manipulus, and planeta.

The amicus was a linen garment, of a square figure, covering the head, neck, and shoulders, and buckled or clasped before the breast. It is still worn by the religious abroad.