AL'BUM, noun [Latin albus, white.] 1. Among the Romans, a white table, board or register, on which the names of public officers and public transactions were entered. 2. A book, originally blank, in which foreigners or strangers insert autographs of celebrated persons, or in which friends insert pieces as memorials for each other.
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