alb
noun
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.
alb
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[alb]
/ ælb /
noun
Ecclesiastical.
alb.
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abbreviation
Alb.
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Albania.
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Albanian.
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Albany.
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Alberta.
Alb.
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alb
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/ ælb /
noun
Etymology
Origin of alb1
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 )
Origin of alb.2
From the Latin word albus
Example Sentences
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She gets out her white alb and her ornately embroidered chasuble, garments worn by Catholic priests around the world.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2022
Over his regular clothes, Pell would wear a full-length white robe called an alb that was tied around his waist with a rope-like cincture.
From Fox News ● Feb. 26, 2019
He heads to his office, where a stark white alb is draped over his desk chair and rosary beads hang from the white board.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 4, 2017
Father Ryan slipped his white alb over his black suit and placed his red stole, embroidered with trees and animals, over his shoulders.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2012
I was too freaked out to make sense of it alb I leaped off Chiron’s back and ran toward the unconscious girl.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
Bryonia alb. has a "pain and pressure in the shoulder when at rest."
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
Digital. ʒiii. coque in. aq. fontan. ℥xii. ad ℥vi. cola et adde. aq. juniper. comp. ℥ii. sacchar. alb. ℥ss. m. cap. cochlear. i. larg. 4tis horis.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by William Withering
Rhus tox. has a "stiff neck, with painful tension when moving;" Arsenicum alb. has a headache relieved by cold water.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
According to Hahn it is a participial from shkyipoij, ``I understand,'' signifying ``he who knows'' the native language; others interpret it with less probability as ``the rock-dweller,'' from shkep, shkip, N. Alb. shkamp, ``rock.''
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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