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alb

(alb)

noun

a loose, sleeved, full-length, gownlike white linen vestment secured at the waist by a cincture and worn with other vestments as by the celebrant of Mass

Origin: ME albe (< OE albe < ML alba), aube < OFr aube < ML alba (vestis), white (cloak), fem. of L albus, white: see elf

Albania
Albanian

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noun

Ecclesiastical A long white linen robe with tapered sleeves worn by a priest at Mass.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English albe

Origin: , from Old English

Origin: , from Medieval Latin alba

Origin: , from (vestis) alba, white (garment)

Origin: , feminine of Latin albus, white; see albho- in Indo-European roots

abbreviation

Albania
Albanian

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