| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |   lb |
| NOUN: | Ecclesiastical A long white linen robe with tapered sleeves worn by a priest at Mass. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English albe, from Old English, from Medieval Latin alba, from (vestis) alba, white (garment), feminine of Latin albus, white. See albho- in Appendix I.
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