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Ambrose
(redirected from Saint Ambrose of Milan)

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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.

Ambrose [ˈæmbrəʊz]
n
1. (Biographies / Ambrose, Saint (?340-397) M, Italian, RELIGION: saint, RELIGION: clergyman, MUSIC: composer) Saint. ?340-397 ad, bishop of Milan; built up the secular power of the early Christian Church; also wrote music and Latin hymns. Feast day: Dec. 7 or April 4
Ambrosian  adj
2. (Biographies / Ambrose, Curtly (1963 M, Antiguan, SPORT AND GAMES: cricketer) Curtly (ˈkɜːtlɪ). born 1963, Antiguan cricketer; played for the West Indies 1987-2000
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Noun1.Ambrose - (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of MilanAmbrose - (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)
Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
Translations
Ambrose [ˈæmbrəʊz] NAmbrosio


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