ambo

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.]

ambon (pl. ambones)

Gradus, lectorium, lectricium, or lectern or pulpit, properly a singing-desk, approached by steps, particularly associated with Early Christian churches, where there were often two ambones, one on the north (for the reading or chanting of the Gospel) and one on the south (for the Epistle) side of the choir or presbytery: in San Clemente in Rome the ambones balance each other on each side, and are attached to the cancelli, or low screen-walls defining the choir within the main volume of the nave. Later ambones were connected to constructions separating the sanctuary from the nave.

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The raised pulpit in a Byzantine or Orthodox Christian church.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
  Synonyms: dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, stump, soapbox

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