alb

[ alb ]

/ ælb /

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noun Ecclesiastical.

a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.

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Origin of alb

before 1100; Middle English albe, (h)aube (< MF), Old English albe<Latin alba (vestis) white (garment); compare Dutch albe,Old High German alba (German Albe)

Words nearby alb

alate, Alateen, Alava, à la vapeur, ʿAlawite, alb, alba, Albacete, albacore, Alba Iulia, Alba Longa

Other definitions for alb (2 of 3)

alb.

abbreviation

(in prescriptions) white.

Origin of alb.

From the Latin word albus

Other definitions for alb (3 of 3)

Alb.

abbreviation

Albania.

Albanian.

Albany.

Alberta.

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How to use alb in a sentence

He had been buried in the vestments peculiar to his office, viz., the alb and tunic.
Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey|Thomas Perkins
He wore, I think, a chasuble, the day when first we met; A stole and snowy alb likewise: I recollect it yet.
East and West: Poems|Bret Harte
So I could see the priest in cassock, alb and stole as he would stand before some makeshift altar lit with candles.
The Master of Appleby|Francis Lynde
It results from removing the chasuble and expanding the alb.
Rites and Ritual|Philip Freeman

And the deacons came in and began to unrobe him, and took from him the alb and the girdle, the maniple and the stole.
A House of Pomegranates|Oscar Wilde

British Dictionary definitions for alb (1 of 2)

alb

/ (ælb) /

noun

Christianity a long white linen vestment with sleeves worn by priests and others

Word Origin for alb

Old English albe, from Medieval Latin alba (vestis) white (clothing)

British Dictionary definitions for alb (2 of 2)

Alb.

abbreviation for

Albania(n)

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