alb
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- noun
- /ælb/
- Specialized
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alba
- At the wedding ceremony, she wore an alb to symbolize her commitment to faith.
There's an irony here that the clerical ALB is is itself a long road.
- There's an irony here that the clerical ALB is is itself a long road.
Examples
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On Sunday again, I notice my spy looking hard at Stefan in my long white alb and green stole and chasuble after the ten o'clock Mass, and the not-yet-thirty priest is smiling because a sweet girl of sixteen has taught herself enough Polish to say, "Good morning, Father Nowak," and it is not so bad, her accent.
Fiction book (2001) -
During the service, the priest put on his alb before leading the congregation in prayer.
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Of course, you still have the distinction between the friars who wear the alb for Mass and those who wear the habit as an alb.
Blog text (26) -
They prayed the penitential psalms and the responsory for confessors, and then processed, still barefoot, in albs.
Academic text (2018) -
Each minister was required to wear a white alb during the special liturgical celebration.
How Liturgical
Surface Forms
Etymology
Alb comes from the Latin word albus, which means 'white'. The name points to the long white robe worn by priests in church, so it's literally a garment named for its colour and is related to words like album and albino.