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ambo

[am-boh] / ˈæm boʊ /
NOUN
lectern
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There is also an entirely new "ambo" team that has been created to care for the patients who can't even get into the corridors.

From BBC Jan. 7, 2023

Claire Fraser is the senior sister heading the day's "ambo" team.

From BBC Jan. 7, 2023

Before the Gospel ambo is a fine mosaic candelabrum standing on a Roman cippus reversed, having an olive branch and birds sculptured on it.

From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration Vol 1, No. 9 1895 by Various

I would not have missed the 'vile comparison' to have 'scaped being one of the 'Arcades ambo et cantare pares.'

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore

The names thus written were read from 309 the ambo, in which the diptych was kept.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

I awoke up surrounded by police and ambos, concerned flatmates.

From The Guardian Mar. 19, 2019

The pavement as well as the work upon these two ambos is in the style of the Cosmati.

From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration Vol 1, No. 9 1895 by Various

The pulpits and ambos chosen for the illustrations in this issue of The Brochures are mainly interesting for their wonderful mosaic decorations which are among the finest of their kind which have ever been executed.

From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration Vol 1, No. 9 1895 by Various

Lastly, the two ambos, or pulpits, survive in two senses.

From Architecture Classic and Early Christian by T. Roger (Thomas Roger) Smith

"And—and"—here he hesitated, and his voice shook and trembled with the most intense and heart—crushing emotion—"y una mas cara que ambos?"

From Tom Cringle's Log by Michael Scott




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