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/ˈæl.bə/ · noun
(poetry) A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn..
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On a little plot of grass near the kitchen the family were spreading out a large supply of priestly vestments—albas, casullas, capas pluviales, ornamentos, parmentos, cíngulas, estolas, frontales, etc., etc., etc.
Christ, whom they meet, must wear an alba and an amictus, be barefooted, and carry a cross on the left shoulder.
Traditional styles such as cassocks and cottas, or contemporary trends in robes and collars, choir albas, skirts, caps and acolyte vestments.
Another canon with a biretta in his hand, wearing an alba and an upper fur mucia, is kneeling to the left of the Crucifix;
Use alba when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Alba means (poetry) A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn..
Common synonyms include alb.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:alba.
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