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alb

1 of 2

noun

: a full-length white linen ecclesiastical vestment with long sleeves that is gathered at the waist with a cincture

Alb

2 of 2

abbreviation

Albania; Albanian

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
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

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The first known use of alb was before the 12th century

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