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ambo

[am-boh] / ˈæm boʊ /
NOUN
lectern
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Claire Fraser is the senior sister heading the day's "ambo" team.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2023

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

Little else remains in the church worth notice except an ancient ambo under the arcade in the nave and the chapel of the Relics at the top of the left aisle.

From Ravenna, a Study by Edward Hutton

The Epistle ambo, situated on the opposite side of the church from the main pulpit, is of earlier date than the latter.

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

So, also, a terno may be played so as to include an ambo, and a quaterno so as to include a terno and ambo, and a cinquino so as to include all.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 by Various

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

From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2019

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

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


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