ALB • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Alb

... consisted of Alcuin, called "Alb[i]nus;" Angilbert, called "Homer;" Adelard, called "Augustine;" Riculfe, called "Damaetas;" Varnefrid; Eginhard; and Charlemagne himself, ...

— Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama - A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 • E. Cobham Brewer

... bright May morning, a procession was to be seen moving forth from the Inquisition of Valladolid. First marched a band of soldiers to clear the way, and then came a number of priests in their gaudy robes—alb, chasuble, tunic, and other garments, the names of which are familiar to modern ears. They were attended by acolytes and boys of various theological colleges, chanting the Litany in alternate choruses. Then came the mournful band of prisoners—those in black first, those ...

— The Last Look - A Tale of the Spanish Inquisition • W.H.G. Kingston