ambos Meaning & Definition
What Does Ambos Mean?
Ambos is a noun that means A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches. It can also mean A stationary podium used for readings and homilies.
Ambos Definition (Noun)
- A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.
1918, ‘It will get better somehow,’ he thought, and went to the ambo. On going up the steps and turning to the right he saw the priest. — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, page 438)
- A stationary podium used for readings and homilies.
Noun
- An ambulance driver.
- An ambulance.
Synonyms of Ambos
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Ambos synonyms and antonyms →Ambos in a Sentence
1918, ‘It will get better somehow,’ he thought, and went to the ambo. On going up the steps and turning to the right he saw the priest. — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, page 438)
Word Forms & Grammar
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