alb
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Definition of alb
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.
“‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.”
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noun
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A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.
“‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.”
name
- A tributary of the High Rhine in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Etymology
From Middle English aube, awbe, albe, abbe, from Late Old English albe (but later reinforced by Old French aube, Medieval Latin alba), borrowed from Latin alba (as in tunica alba (“white tunic”), vestis alba (“white garment”)), feminine of albus (“white”). Doublet of alba.
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