ALB


Meaning of ALB in English

ˈalb noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English albe, from Old English, from Medieval Latin alba, from Latin, feminine of albus white — more at elf

1. also albe : a liturgical vestment worn by priests and certain other ecclesiastics consisting of a full-length close-sleeved tunic usually of linen and usually gathered at the waist with a cincture, now uniformly white in Western churches but of any of various colors in Eastern churches

2. : a flat or gently inclined shelf high in a glaciated mountain valley

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