Ambo Definition

ămbō
ambones, ambos
noun
ambos
A raised speaking stand in a church, especially such a stand in early Christian churches serving as a lectern or pulpit.
American Heritage
A pulpit or raised reading stand in early Christian churches.
Webster's New World

A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.

Wiktionary

(Roman Catholicism) A stationary podium used for readings and homilies.

Wiktionary
(informal) An ambulance driver.
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Other Word Forms of Ambo

Noun

Singular:
ambo
Plural:
ambones, ambos

Origin of Ambo

  • From Late Latin ambō, from Ancient Greek ἄμβων (ambon).

    From Wiktionary

  • Medieval Latin from Greek ambōn raised edge

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Shortening of ambulance + -o.

    From Wiktionary

Ambo Sentence Examples

  • The gospel and epistle are still read from the ambo in the Ambrosian rite at Milan.

  • The position of the ambo was not absolutely uniform; sometimes in the central point between the sanctuary and the nave, sometimes in the middle of the church, and sometimes at one or both of the sides of the chancel.

  • The normal ambo, when the church contained only one, had three stages or degrees, one above the other, and it was usually mounted by a flight of steps at each end.

  • The inconvenience of having a single ambo led to the substitution of two separate ambones, between which these various functions were divided, one on the south side of the chancel being for the reading of the gospel, and one on the north for reading the epistle.

  • In the Russian Orthodox Church the term "ambo" is used of the semicircular steps leading to the platform in front of the iconostasis, but in cathedrals the bishop has an ambo in the centre of the church.

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Words Starting With

AAMAMB

Words Ending With

OBOMBO

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With A and Ending With O

Starts With A & Ends With OStarts With AM & Ends With OStarts With A & Ends With BO

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With A4 Letter Words Ending With O