alb
alb is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 37 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- amice
- apron
- biretta
- calotte
- canonicals
- capouch
- cassock
- chasuble
- cope
- costume
- cowl
- crosier
- crown
- dalmatic
- fannel
- fanon
- frock
- gown
- hat
- hood
- lawn
- miter
- mozetta
- pall
- pallium
- pastoral
- robe
- scapulary
- scarf
- shovel
- staff
- stole
- surplice
- tiara
- tonsure
- triple
- tunicle
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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