alb

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nounEcclesiastical.
  1. a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.

Origin of alb

1
before 1100; Middle English albe, (h)aube (< MF), Old English albe<Latin alba (vestis) white (garment); compare Dutch albe,Old High German alba (German Albe)

Other definitions for alb. (2 of 3)

alb.

abbreviation
  1. (in prescriptions) white.

Origin of alb.

2
From the Latin word albus

Other definitions for Alb. (3 of 3)

Alb.

abbreviation
  1. Albania.

  2. Albanian.

  1. Albany.

  2. Alberta.

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British Dictionary definitions for alb (1 of 2)

alb

/ (ælb) /


noun
  1. Christianity a long white linen vestment with sleeves worn by priests and others

Origin of alb

1
Old English albe, from Medieval Latin alba (vestis) white (clothing)

British Dictionary definitions for Alb. (2 of 2)

Alb.

abbreviation for
  1. Albania(n)

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