alba
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- 1A type of poem about two lovers who must say goodbye when the sun comes up.
Like a sad goodbye song for the moment the sun comes up.
We studied an alba in our poetry class last week.
He wrote an alba for the unhappy lovers in his story.
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- 2A bushy rose plant with white flowers, from an old group of garden roses.
Like a wild white rose bush you might see in an old country garden.
She planted an alba beside the garden fence last spring.
The alba in our yard blooms once every June.
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- 3A white flower that grows on a certain old kind of rose bush.
He picked an alba and put it in a glass of water.
The bride carried a single alba down the aisle.
- 4A long white robe that a priest wears during church services.
Like a long white gown worn for church.
The priest put on his alba before the service.
Her alba reached all the way down to the floor.
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Origins
It comes from Occitan alba, which goes back to Latin albus, meaning "white."
It comes from Latin alba, the female form of albus meaning "white," used in the old rose name Rosa alba.
It comes from Latin alba, the plural of album, meaning "blank tablet," which also gave us the word album.
It comes from Church Latin alba, meaning "alb," from Latin alba, the female form of albus ("white"), as in "white tunic."