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Ambrosian

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Am·brose  (mbrz), Saint a.d. 340?-397.
Writer, composer, and bishop of Milan (374-397) who imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian Church.
Am·brosian (m-brzhn) adj.
Ambrosian [æmˈbrəʊzɪən]
adj
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) of or relating to Saint Ambrose, the bishop of Milan and church music composer (?340-397 ad)
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Adj.1.Ambrosian - of or by or relating to Saint Ambrose; "Ambrosian chants"
2.ambrosian - extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant; "a nectarous drink"; "ambrosial food"
ambrosial, nectarous
tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"
3.ambrosian - worthy of the gods
ambrosial
heavenly - of or belonging to heaven or god


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We wished to go to the Ambrosian Library, and we did that also.
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She raised her eyes and saw him looking down at her thoughtfully over that ambrosian beard of his, like Jove at a mortal.
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