alb

Example Sentences

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She gets out her white alb and her ornately embroidered chasuble, garments worn by Catholic priests around the world.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2022

Over his regular clothes, Pell would wear a full-length white robe called an alb that was tied around his waist with a rope-like cincture.

From Fox News • Feb. 26, 2019

He heads to his office, where a stark white alb is draped over his desk chair and rosary beads hang from the white board.

From Washington Times • Sep. 4, 2017

Father Ryan slipped his white alb over his black suit and placed his red stole, embroidered with trees and animals, over his shoulders.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2012

His once-white alb, which covered him neck to foot, seemed ghostlike.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi