| My guess is that the apparels on the amice and alb are a hangover from more ornate times. |
| The olive oil will then be send to a alb for tests then will be controled by a comitee to check its flavors and quality. |
| The outer garment is the chasuble, and beneath it the linen alb or surplice. |
| For deacon and subdeacon: amice, alb and cincture, and stole and dalmatic for the deacon, and tunic for the subdeacon. |
| On other occasions the girded alb and the amice are often worn by the deacon and subdeacon. |
| The alb is confined at the waist by a white cord called the girdle. |
