A white vestment or robe worn by clergy during religious services; an alb.
From Old French 'aube,' from Latin 'alba' (white), from Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'white.' The word traveled through French ecclesiastical usage into English religious terminology, originally referring to the white color of dawn ('alba') and applied to the white vestment.
The word 'aube' is basically the French cousin of 'alb'—both come from Latin 'alba' meaning white, the color of dawn. Priests wear these long white robes, and the word connects to 'album' (a white book where records were kept) and 'Albany' (the white hills), showing how this Latin root scattered across European languages.
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