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alb

 (ălb)
n.
A long white linen robe worn by a priest or minister during church services.

[Middle English albe, from Old English, from Medieval Latin alba, from (vestis) alba, white (garment), feminine of Latin albus, white; see albho- in Indo-European roots.]
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alb

(ælb)
n
(Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity a long white linen vestment with sleeves worn by priests and others
[Old English albe, from Medieval Latin alba (vestis) white (clothing)]
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alb

(ælb)

n.
a long-sleeved linen vestment, worn chiefly by priests.
[before 1100; Old English albe < Latin alba (vestis) white (garment)]

Alb.

1. Albania.
2. Albanian.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.alb - a white linen liturgical vestment with sleevesalb - a white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves; worn by priests
vestment - gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy
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Translations
alba

alb

[ælb] N (Rel) → alba f
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alb

n (Eccl) → Alba f
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He was an imposing and sombre personage, before whom the choir boys in alb and in jacket trembled, as well as the machicots*, and the brothers of Saint-Augustine and the matutinal clerks of Notre-Dame, when he passed slowly beneath the lofty arches of the choir, majestic, thoughtful, with arms folded and his head so bent upon his breast that all one saw of his face was his large, bald brow.
If we go on prescribing mist: alb: he'll lose his cunning."
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Law firms using ALB are provided personnel access to mobile and or web applications that allow their timekeepers to capture daily activities on the go and their billing department to prepare invoices and convert them to suitable formats such as LEDES98B, LEDES98BI, XML 2.0, XML 2.1, Chubb and other standard formats upon completion.
Similarly, the univariate analysis showed that AFP (P = 0.044), tumor size (P = 0.002), tumor encapsulation (P = 0.019), microvascular invasion (P < 0.001), tumor differentiation (P < 0.001), BCLC stage (P = 0.003), preoperative Fib/ Alb ratio (P = 0.009), NLR (P = 0.005), and PLR (P = 0.043) were associated with TTR.
In this study, the degradation of ALB was investigated in lab-scale experiments using four UV-based processes (with 185/254 and 365 nm radiation sources): (A) UV photolysis, (B) UV photocatalysis (UV light + Ti[O.sub.2] nanofilm), (C) UV + [O.sub.3] process, and (D) UV + [H.sub.2][O.sub.2] process.
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