ambo

[ am-boh ]

/ ˈæm boʊ /

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noun, plural am·bos.

(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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Also am·bon

[am-bon] /ˈæm bɒn/ .

Origin of ambo

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

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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.
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British Dictionary definitions for ambo (1 of 2)

ambo¹

/ (ˈæmbəʊ) /

noun plural ambos or ambones (æmˈbəʊniːz)

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

Word Origin for ambo

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

British Dictionary definitions for ambo (2 of 2)

ambo²

/ (ˈæmbəʊ) /

noun plural ambos Australian informal

an ambulance driver

an ambulance

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Medical definitions for ambo

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Variant ofambi-