Alba

Definitions

1. A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.
2. A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
3. Synonym of alb.
4. A county of Transylvania, Romania.
5. Scotland, especially referring to the Kingdom of Alba, Scotland, between 900 and 1286.
   historical, poetic, rare
6. A female given name from Spanish alba (“dawn”), of modern usage.
7. A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.
8. A habitational surname from place names of obscure origin.

Equivalents

Examples

“For quotations using this term, see⟳ Citations:alba.”

“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;”

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