[alb] 
| a linen vestment with narrow sleaves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but any color in the Eastern Church. |
| alb (ālb) n. Ecclesiastical A long white linen robe with tapered sleeves worn by a priest at Mass. [Middle English albe, from Old English, from Medieval Latin alba, from (vestis) alba, white (garment), feminine of Latin albus, white; see albho- in Indo-European roots.] |