ambo

American  

[am-boh] / ˈæm boʊ /

Also ambon

noun

plural

ambos

1. (in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.

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ambo ¹ British  

/ ˈæmbəʊ /

noun

1. an ambulance driver

2. an ambulance

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ambo ² British  

/ ˈæmbəʊ /

noun

1. either of two raised pulpits from which the gospels and epistles were read in early Christian churches

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Etymology

Origin of ambo

First recorded in 1635–45; from Medieval Latin ambō(n), from Greek ámbōn “edge, rim, pulpit”

Example Sentences

There is also an entirely new "ambo" team that has been created to care for the patients who can't even get into the corridors.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2023

Claire Fraser is the senior sister heading the day's "ambo" team.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2023

Before the Gospel ambo is a fine mosaic candelabrum standing on a Roman cippus reversed, having an olive branch and birds sculptured on it.

From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration Vol 1, No. 9 1895 by Various

They who framed the Bill, sitting in wicked, detestable confabulation, had fixed the limit of Schedule B so as to spare Calne and Tavistock--Arcades ambo, Whig boroughs both.

From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.

The ambo in the right aisle, made up of columns and carved slabs of the sixth century, is due to him, as are the chapels to right and left of the nave.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

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