ambones
- plural of ambon.
Example Sentences
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Instead of ambones there are two plain marble reading-desks for the epistle and gospel.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
The most interesting things, if we except the tombs that are in the building, are the two ambones, or pulpits.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe
These are mainly altars and baldacchini, choir-screens, paschal candlesticks, ambones, tombs and the like, all enriched with sculpture and glass mosaic of great brilliance and decorative effect.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
At the end of the nave, on either side, are two ambones, marking the position of the choir before it was extended to its present site in the sixteenth century.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
From these walls projected ambones or pulpits with desks, also of marble, ascended by steps.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
