alb
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.
Origin of alb
1Words Nearby alb
Other definitions for alb. (2 of 3)
(in prescriptions) white.
Origin of alb.
2Other definitions for Alb. (3 of 3)
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 PerkinsHe 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 HarteSo 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 LyndeIt results from removing the chasuble and expanding the alb.
Rites and Ritual | Philip FreemanAnd 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)
/ (ælb) /
Christianity a long white linen vestment with sleeves worn by priests and others
Origin of alb
1British Dictionary definitions for Alb. (2 of 2)
Albania(n)
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