ambo

[ am-boh ]
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noun,plural am·bos.
  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.

Origin of ambo

1
First recorded in 1635–45; from Medieval Latin ambō(n), from Greek ámbōn “edge, rim, pulpit”
  • Also am·bon [am-bon] /ˈæm bɒn/ .

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How to use ambo in a sentence

  • ambo, he isn't really certain yet that I didn't go crazy that night and kill your wife.

    The Book of Susan | Lee Wilson Dodd
  • Love, ambo, human love, as I learned of it there at home—and I saw and heard much too much of it—frightened and sickened me.

    The Book of Susan | Lee Wilson Dodd
  • That's what the references to Jimmy mean, ambo, in those pages I scribbled in my trance; and that's all they mean.

    The Book of Susan | Lee Wilson Dodd
  • But they didn't die there, ambo; they lived there, a hideous secret life, lying in wait to betray me.

    The Book of Susan | Lee Wilson Dodd
  • There must be some fatal connection, ambo, between being sick and being sentimental.

    The Book of Susan | Lee Wilson Dodd

British Dictionary definitions for ambo (1 of 2)

ambo1

/ (ˈæmbəʊ) /


nounplural ambos or ambones (æmˈbəʊniːz)
  1. either of two raised pulpits from which the gospels and epistles were read in early Christian churches

Origin of ambo

1
C17: from Medieval Latin, from Greek ambōn raised rim, pulpit

British Dictionary definitions for ambo (2 of 2)

ambo2

/ (ˈæmbəʊ) /


nounplural ambos Australian informal
  1. an ambulance driver

  2. an ambulance

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