Ambrosian

[ am-broh-zhuhn ]

/ æmˈbroʊ ʒən /

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adjective

Roman Catholic Church.

pertaining to the religious congregations under the protection of Saint Ambrose.
pertaining to the ancient liturgy of the church of Milan.

ambrosian. ambrosial.

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How to use Ambrosian in a sentence

Such a severance finds a place in the map of Maiollo of 1527, which is preserved in the Ambrosian library at Milan.
Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery|Justin Winsor
Another on canvas, by an uncertain artist, with only the heads and half the bodies, in the Ambrosian library.
A Treatise on Painting|Leonardo Da Vinci
One detail deserves notice because it may have been borrowed from the Ambrosian Library.
The Care of Books|John Willis Clark
At all events, the Ambrosian alleluiatic verses differ entirely from the Gregorian.
St. Gregory and the Gregorian Music|E. G. P. Wyatt

There are a considerable number of these, hardly any traces of which are to be found in the Ambrosian books.
St. Gregory and the Gregorian Music|E. G. P. Wyatt