Alb
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The alb is one of the liturgical vestments of Western Christianity. It is an ample white garment coming down to the ankles and is usually girdled with a cincture. It resembles the long, white linen tu
A white alb under a purple stole (running around the neck) and maniple (on arm)
Stole (vestment)
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The stole is a liturgical vestment of various Christian denominations, which symbolizes priestly authority; in Protestant denominations which do not have priests but use stoles as a liturgical vestmen
Priest administering Extreme Unction while wearing a narrow, gold stole (Detail of Rogier van der Weyden's The Seven Sacraments, 1445)
Western stoles woven with a modern design in different liturgical colors
Pope Benedict XVI wearing an embroidered papal stole