c1230 (?a1200) (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 216 Amites & parures, worldliche leafdis mahen inoh wurchen.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 319 (MED) Of preste þou has no merke, albe ne non amite.
1496 (c1410) (de Worde) viii. viij. sig. v.iiij/2 The amyt on his hede at the begynnynge betokeneth ye cloth yt crystus face was hyled with in tyme of his passyon.
1536 Inventory in (1871) 43 240 ij ammetts of red velvet with ij crossis of silver... An ammet of blew velvet.
1559 in C. Innes (1845) I. p. lxxxix 4 tunicks, 3 stols..5 amites, with their paruts [read paruris] of cloath of gold.
1654 H. Cogan tr. G. Lunadoro in 114 The Regular Cardinal ought to put on the Ammitt over the Coat.
1720 J. Johnson II. sig. I2v Chrysoms might be used for the making, or mending Surplices, Amits, Albs.
1788 R. Henry (ed. 2) VIII. iv. ii. 30 A..cope, for common use, with its appendages, viz. the alb, amyt, stole, maniple, and girdle.
1898 22 Oct. 543/2 ‘A choral cope’ for the priest who sang the hours, ‘with all its appendages’, viz., the amyt, alb, girdle, maniple, and stole.