a long white linen vestment with sleeves worn by priests and others
Word origin
Old English albe, from Medieval Latin alba (vestis) white (clothing)
Alb. in British English
abbreviation for
Albania(n)
Alb in American English
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Albania
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Albanian
alb in American English
(ælb)
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
Word origin
ME albe (< OE albe < ML alba), aube < OFr aube < ML alba (vestis), white (cloak), fem. of L albus, white: see elf
Examples of 'alb' in a sentence
alb
They currently have to wear an alb vestment and a thin white gown.
The Sun (2016)
A surplice is a knee-length white tunic, a shorter version of the anklelength alb.