Ambrose
[æmbrәuz]
Definition
(noun.) (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397).
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Definition
(n.) A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3.
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Examples
- Your squire Jocelyn knows him well, and will vouch him to be brother Ambrose, a monk in attendance upon the Prior of Jorvaulx. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The Saxon prisoners were accordingly removed, just as they introduced the monk Ambrose, who appeared to be in great perturbation. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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