alb

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/ˈælb/UK, also/ˈɑːlb/

noun

A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.

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alba
OriginMiddle English aube ← Old English albe ← Old French aube →
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Meanings

alb1

nounalb (plural albs)

plural albs · alternative obsolete albe · alternative obsolete aube

  1. chiefly AnglicanismCatholicismA long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.

    ‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.

    1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 131

    Synonyms: alba

Alb2

proper noun
  1. A tributary of the High Rhine in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.

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alba
Also see
albaalbuquerqueburque

Origin

alb · noun

  1. Latinalba
  2. Medieval Latinalba
  3. Old Frenchaube
  4. Old Englishalbe
  5. Middle Englishaube
  6. Englishalb

From Middle English aube, awbe, albe, abbe, from Late Old English albe (but later reinforced by Old French aube, Medieval Latin alba), borrowed from Latin alba (as in tunica alba (“white tunic”), vestis alba (“white garment”)), feminine of albus (“white”). Doublet of alba.

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Alb · proper noun

  1. GermanAlb
  2. EnglishAlb

Borrowed from German Alb.

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Translations

Bulgarian а́лба
  • а́лба (álba)a long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
Catalan alba
  • albaa long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
Dutch albe
  • albea long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
Finnish alba
  • albaa long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
French aube
  • aubea long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
German Albe
  • Albea long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
Greek στιχάριο
  • στιχάριο (stichário)a long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
Hungarian alba
  • albaa long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
Icelandic alba
  • albaa long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
Indonesian alba
  • albaa long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
Irish ailb
  • ailba long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
Italian camice
  • camicea long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
Polish alba
  • albaa long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
Portuguese alva
  • alvaa long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
Russian а́льба
  • а́льба (álʹba)a long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
Spanish alba
  • albaa long white robe worn by priests and other ministers
Tagalog alba
  • albaa long white robe worn by priests and other ministers

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

alb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alb

MLA

“alb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alb. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alb,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alb.

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