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alb definition

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

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

Alb definition

Alb

  1. Albania
  2. Albanian

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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