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alb

noun as in vestment

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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

But the priests protested the desecration of their sacred stoles, and offered their albs, or tunics, instead.

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.

The prosecution argued that the full length robe known as an alb was "not like a straight jacket," and there was "little difference" between the complainant's police statements and his court testimony.

The prosecution argued that the full length robe known as an alb was “not like a straight jacket,” and there was “little difference” between the complainant’s police statements and his court testimony.

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