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[[Image:Stoledeacon.jpg|thumb|right|A [[deacon]] wearing an alb and [[cincture]] wth a purple [[stole]].]]
The '''alb''', one of the [[liturgy|liturgical]] [[vestments]] of the [[Roman Catholic]], [[Anglican]] and many [[Protestant]] churches, is an ample garment of white linen coming down to the ankles and usually girded with a [[cincture]]. It is simply the long linen [[tunic]] used by the [[ancient Rome|Romans]] of old. In Early Medieval Europe it was also normally worn by secular clergy in non-liturgical contexts.<ref>Piponnier, Françoise, and Perrine Mane; ''Dress in the Middle Ages''; p. 114, Yale UP; 1997; ISBN 0300069065</ref>.
It is the oldest liturgical vestment, and was adopted very early by [[Christian]]s, and especially by the clergy for the [[Eucharist]]ic liturgy. Nowadays, the alb is the common vestment for all [[Minister of religion|minister]]s at [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]], both [[cleric]]s and [[lay]]persons, and is worn over the [[cassock]] and under any other special garments, such as the [[stole]], [[dalmatic]] or [[chasuble]]. If the alb does not completely cover the neck of the cassock an [[amice]] is then required to be worn underneath the alb. Otherwise the amice is optional. The shortening of the alb for use outside a church has given rise to the [[surplice]] and its cousin the [[rochet]] worn by [[canon (priest)|canon]]s and [[bishop]]s. Post Tridentine albs often were made with lace. Since then, this detail has fallen out of style, except in parts of the [[Anglo-Catholic]] movement and some Roman Catholic parishes. In many Anglican parishes, the alb is decorated with [[apparels]]. In most High Anglican churches the Alb is an undergarment worn under the vestments. In some lower and broad Anglican Churches the Alb is considered everyday wear.
A ''chasuble-alb'' is a contemporary Eucharistic [[vestment]] that combines features of the [[chasuble]] and [[alb]]. In the [[Roman Catholic Church]] it was first adopted in France, though without official approval. In France it is no longer fashionable. But it has been officially approved in some countries such as the [[Philippines]] (see [http://www.ewtn.com/library/Liturgy/zlitur64.htm ZENIT article] of [[25 January]] [[2003]]), and in [[Hawaii]] (see [http://www.hawaiicatholicherald.org/Home/tabid/256/newsid884/921/Default.aspx Bishop Larry Silva’s Liturgical Catechesis]). It is always white in colour but with a [[stole]] of the colour appointed for the [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] of the day worn outside it, in place of the normal white alb and coloured chasuble.
==See also==
*[[Cassock-alb]], a vestment combining features of the [[cassock]] and alb.
==References==
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