Alban

Definitions

1. A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.
   archaic, uncountable
2. A male given name from Latin.
3. Saint Alban, a Christian martyr executed in Verulamium (St Albans) in the 3rd or 4th century.

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Examples

“Act II, Scene I Forsooth, a blind man at Saint Alban's shrine Within this half hour hath receiv'd his sight”

“The first Christian martyr in Britain was called Alban.”

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