n., pl., am·bos, or am·bo·nes (ăm-bō'nēz).
One of the two raised stands in early Christian churches from which parts of the service were chanted or read.
[Medieval Latin, from Greek ambōn, raised edge.]
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am·bo (ăm'bō')
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[Medieval Latin, from Greek ambōn, raised edge.]
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Gradus, lectorium, lectricium, or
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The raised pulpit in a Byzantine or Orthodox Christian church.
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