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plural albs
(Christianity, chiefly Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism) A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments. quotations examples
‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.
1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 131