ambon
noun
ambo.
ambones
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pluralof ambon.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 William Wiehe Collins
The church has an enclosed choir, with two ambones or reading-desks in it, surrounding the altar, as was the custom in the older Christian churches.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Hugh Macmillan
The Georgian pulpit was removed, and a symmetrical arrangement of two was substituted, recalling the Gospel and Epistle ambones of an ancient Italian church, but lacking their beauty.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
Raised above the nave and protected by a low marble wall is the cancellum, preserving its ancient pavement, ambones, altar, and episcopal throne.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
Pavement, ambones, choir, and canopy are of the twelfth century.
From Rome by Hope Malleson
