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alb

1 American  
[alb] / ælb /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

  1. 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. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) white.

Alb. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Albania.

  2. Albanian.

  3. Albany.

  4. Alberta.

Alb. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Albania(n)

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alb 2 British  
/ ælb /

noun

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

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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

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