alb
1 of 2noun
ˈalb 
: a full-length white linen ecclesiastical vestment with long sleeves that is gathered at the waist with a cincture
Alb
2 of 2abbreviation
Albania; Albanian
Example Sentences
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Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
Noun
Pope Jude Law has fifteen outfits, a fresh alb and tippet for each aspect of his mercurial personality. Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017 Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English albe, aube, in part borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Late Latin alba "white garment or vestment, originally one worn by the recently baptized" (shortened from collocations with tunica "tunic" or vestis "garment"), from feminine of Latin albus "white, light-colored, fair"; in part going back to Old English albe (feminine weak noun), borrowed from Late Latin alba — more at album
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
alb
abbreviation
variants or ALB
albumin
… the increased ALB concentration observed in fascicular biopsies of diabetic patients with and without neuropathy may be related to the protein itself … Joseph F. Poduslo and Geoffrey L. Curran, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Joseph F. Poduslo and Geoffrey L. Curran, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences