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