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Rareambo
The correct spelling is ambo.
How to pronounce ambo
noun
IPA: /ˈæm.bəʊ/
Say it like: Amb-o
The correct spelling is ambo. A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches. For example: "1918, ‘It will get better somehow,’ he thought, and went to the ambo. On going up the steps and turning to the right he saw the priest. — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, page 438)"
Usage Examples
“1918, ‘It will get better somehow,’ he thought, and went to the ambo. On going up the steps and turning to the right he saw the priest. — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, page 438)”
Definition
noun
- 1.A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.
- 2.A stationary podium used for readings and homilies.
- 3.An ambulance driver.
- 4.An ambulance.
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