: a full-length white linen ecclesiastical vestment with long sleeves that is gathered at the waist with a cincture
Albania; Albanian
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Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
The Colobium Sindonis This piece appears as a white linen tunic with a collar fastened with a single button, fashioned after a priest's alb.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 May 2023
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
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Noun
As residents filled the seats, Strassburger pulled on a simple white alb and a purple stole and began the Mass.
—Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
The Colobium Sindonis This piece appears as a white linen tunic with a collar fastened with a single button, fashioned after a priest's alb.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 May 2023
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
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“Alb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alb. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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alb
noun
: a full-length white linen vestment worn by priests at the Eucharist
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
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