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ambo

[ am-boh ]

noun

plural ambos.
  1. (in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.


ambo

1

/ ˈæəʊ /

noun

  1. either of two raised pulpits from which the gospels and epistles were read in early Christian churches
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ambo

2

/ ˈæəʊ /

noun

  1. an ambulance driver
  2. an ambulance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ambo1

First recorded in 1635–45; from Medieval Latin ō(), from Greek áō “edge, rim, pulpit”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ambo1

C17: from Medieval Latin, from Greek ō raised rim, pulpit
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There is also an entirely new "ambo" team that has been created to care for the patients who can't even get into the corridors.

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I awoke up surrounded by police and ambos, concerned flatmates.

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For the chapel — where the priests take turns leading Friday Mass for themselves and any employees who care to attend — Marvel designed a walnut altar and ambo and a blackened-steel holy water font.

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Cardinal Ravasi said that he had only made two requests of the architects, that the chapels contain two central liturgical elements: the ambo, known also as a pulpit or lectern, and the altar.

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“Would you rather wait for the outcome of the follow up letter or call the ambo ASAP?” he wrote, using the shorthand for “ambassador.”

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