alb

Noun

alb (plural albs)

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

3 letters in word "alb": A B L.

Anagrams of alb:

• bal

• lab

Words found within alb:

ab al ba la

• Definitions:
• A long, white, sleeved (linen) vestment worn over the cassock (covering the body from neck to ankles). ...
• A flat or gently inclined shelf high in a glaciated mountain valley.
• a long, white garment that can be used by all liturgical ministers; it is a reminder of the baptismal garment worn when the new Christian "puts on Christ."
• item of mass vestments; a long tunic decorated with six squares of embroidery known as apparels
• A long white vestment with sleeves worn by the priest and deacon at the celebration of the Holy Eucharist.
• long white linen tunic which became an exclusively liturgical garment after 6th century.
• (From the Latin, "white"): A white or off-white ankle-length vestment with sleeves, often gathered at the waist with a cincture, worn by all ranks of ministers, ordained and un-ordained. The classical tunic became a specifically church vestment about the fifth century.
• a full-length white linen ecclesiastical vestment with long sleeves that is gathered at the waist with a cincture
• "Albus" is the color white in Latin. The term "albino" was first applied by the Portuguese to "white" people they encountered in West Africa. Those "white" people probably had partial or complete albinism, an inherited lack of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes.
• A long, white, linen vestment with straight sleeves which covers the cassock.
• long white tunic made of linen, worn by Romans. It was a secular garment, worn by both lay persons and priests, until the ninth century when it became a strictly liturgical garment.
• An ecclesiastical linen vestment that runs the full length of the wearer's body and has long sleeves. It is held in place by a girdle at the waist.
• (Lat.; Gr. stichari[on]. Sl. Podriznik). The long white undergarment of the clergy, with close sleeves, worn under the chasuble or the sakkos.
• Advanced Leader, Bronze (formerly Competent Leader)
• a white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves; worn by priests
• The alb, one of the liturgical vestments of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and many Protestant churches, is an ample garment of white linen coming down to the ankles and usually girded with a cincture. It is simply the long linen tunic used by the Romans of old. ...

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• alb
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• → albacore
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