Alba

Quick meaning: Alba is a noun meaning (poetry) A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.

Meaning

(poetry) A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.

More Meanings

1. A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
2. A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
3. Synonym of alb.
4. (rare) plural of album

Example Sentences

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Christ, whom they meet, must wear an alba and an amictus, be barefooted, and carry a cross on the left shoulder.

Another canon with a biretta in his hand, wearing an alba and an upper fur mucia, is kneeling to the left of the Crucifix;

Traditional styles such as cassocks and cottas, or contemporary trends in robes and collars, choir albas, skirts, caps and acolyte vestments.

Word Forms

• albas

Synonyms for alba

Depending on context, synonyms include alb.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include alma, morning, dawn, sunrise, sun, lochia.

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