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ALB (alb)
A
long linen robe worn chiefly by priests
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Vatican vestment
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Encyclopedia: Alb
The
Alb -- Having
put on the amice, the priest next vests in the alb (from Latin
albus,
white). The alb is a long tunic of white linen that reaches
nearly to the ground, its sleeves fitting reasonably snugly over
the sleeves of the cassock. It is frequently ornamented with lace
or embroidery and often is pleated. The neck of the alb may
either be closed (traditionally, with strings) or formed into a
square yoke (very common in Rome) that is left open. Some modern
albs are designed to cover the neck completely, in which case an
amice becomes optional.
The
alb represents the whiteness of soul and cleanliness of heart
that characterizes the newly-baptized Christian (hence the use of
a white garment in the baptismal rite) and the assembly of the
just who have been whitened by washing in the Blood of the Lamb
of God:
And
one of the elders answered, saying unto me, “What are these
which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?”
And I said unto him, “Sir, thou knowest.” And he said
to me, “These are they which came out of great tribulation,
and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of
the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve
him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the
throne shall dwell among them.” -- Apocalypse 7:13-15.
As
the priest puts on the alb, he says the following prayer:
Dealba me, Domine, et
munda cor meum, ut in Sanguine Agni dealbatus gaudiis perfruar
sempiternis.
(Whiten me, O Lord,
and cleanse my heart, that made white by the Blood of the Lamb I
may enjoy eternal delights.)
[Source:
Dappled
Things – Jim Tucker]
ALB
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Tu- >1 03 Priest's vestment TLB
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Mo+ >1 00 Priestly vestment
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Mo+ >1 07 Priest's garment
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Tu >1 08 Priest's robe
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Tu+ >1 05 Mass vestment
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We >1 08 Vatican vestment
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Tu+ >1 04 Linen vestment
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Mo+ >1 00 White vestment
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Tu+ >1 01 Liturgical vestment
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Th Rea 06 Balkan nation: abbr.
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Tu+ >1 99 Church vestment
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Th- >1 08 Father's robe
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Mo >1 08 Priestly garment
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Th >1 99 Clerical garment
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Clerical vestment
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Mo >1 06 Greece neighbor: Abbr.
3
We >1 01 Mass apparel
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Mass gown
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Tu+ NYT 98 Mass robe
3
Tu >1 00 Tirana's land (abbr.)
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We >1 06 Altar garb
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Th >1 00 Bishop's vestment
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Th- LAT 99 Can. province ONT PEI QUE
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We- >1 03 Ecclesiastical garb
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