alba

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

noun

1
A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.

Etymology

First attested in 1821; borrowed from Occitan alba, ultimately from Latin albus (“white”); compare Spanish alba (“dawn”).

noun

1
A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
2
A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.

Etymology

First attested in 1848; borrowed from Latin alba (the feminine form of albus (“white”)) in the now-disused species name of binomial nomenclature Rosa alba (it is now considered a hybrid and is accordingly called Rosa × alba).

noun

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Also a form of albumrareplural of album
For quotations using this term, see Citations:alba.

Etymology

First attested in 1859; borrowed from Latin alba, the nominative plural form of album (“blank tablet”), whence the English album.

noun

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Synonym of alb.
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;

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin alba (“alb”), from Latin alba (as in tunica alba (“white tunic”), vestis alba (“white garment”)), feminine of albus (“white”). Doublet of alb.

Forms

plural: albas

alarming · Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.alas · Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion, grief,…Alaska · A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital:…

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

Alba · A county of Transylvania, Romania.Albanian · Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian ethnic group…Albany · A surname, from the title of the Duke of Albany.

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