Alb

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  • noun. A long white linen robe worn by a priest or minister during church services.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A small Turkish coin, nearly equal in value to a cent.
  • noun. In the Roman Catholic Church (and in many Anglican churches), a white linen robe, with tight sleeves, worn at the celebration of the eucharist under the chasuble, cope, or dalmatic by the officiating priest and his assistants.
  • noun. In the early church, a white garment worn from the Saturday before Easter until the first Sunday after Easter by the newly baptized.
  • noun. Formerly also written alba, albe.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A long white robe worn by priests and other ministers at religious ceremonies, underneath most of the other vestments.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves; worn by priests
    • Word Usage
    "Another use of the word alb, commonly in the plural albæ (vestes), occurs in medieval writers."
    Form
    Albdruck  Albtraum  Elf  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    vestment  
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