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Encyclopedia > Alb

ALB is a three-letter abbreviation may refer to: This article describes three-letter acronyms. ...

Albumin
Albania, from its ISO code
Albanian language, from its ISO 639 code
Albany International Airport, from its IATA code
Albrighton railway station, from its National Rail code
Asian long-horned beetle
Abraham Lincoln Brigade
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Category: Disambiguation You may be looking for albumen, or egg white. ... Albanian ( IPA ) is a language spoken by about 10 million people, primarily in Albania and Serbia, but also in other parts of the Balkans with an Albanian population (parts of the Republic of Macedonia, and some parts in Montenegro , along the eastern coast of Italy and in Sicily, as well... FAA diagram of Albany International Airport (ALB) Albany International Airport (IATA: ALB, ICAO: KALB) is an airport of entry [1] serving Albany, New York. ... Albrighton railway station is a station on the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line serving the large village of Albrighton in Shropshire, England. ... Binomial name Anoplophora glabripennis Motschulsky, 1853 The Asian long-horned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), sometimes called Starry Sky (Sky Oxen in China) beetle, is native to China and Korea where it causes widespread mortality of poplar, willow, elm, and maple throughout vast areas of eastern Asia. ... A banner of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alb (1442 words)
	In point of material the alb must be made of linen (woven of flax or hemp); hence cotton or wool are forbidden.
	It has been contended that in many cases such designations must be regarded as referring to the apparels with which the albs were adorned; also that the albs of silk, velvet, etc. were probably tunicles or dalmatics.
	But there is a residue of cases which it is impossible to explain satisfactorily, and the prevalence at least of blue albs seems to be proved by the miniatures of early manuscripts.

Alb - LoveToKnow 1911 (1050 words)
	Albs were originally quite plain, but about the 10th century the custom arose of ornamenting the borders and the cuffs of the sleeves with strips of embroidery, and this became common in the 12th century.
	The equivalent of the alb in the ancient Churches of the East is the sticharion (art bpeov) of the Orthodox Church (Armenian shapik, Syrian Kutina, Coptic stoicharion or tuniah).
	It is worn girdled by bishops and priests in all rites, by subdeacons in the Greek and Coptic rites.

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