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/ˈæmˌbɹoʊz/
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NOUN
- (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397)
How To Use Ambrose In A Sentence
- Ambrose was born into a farming family in the townland of Castlerock on the foothills of the Ox Mountains.
- Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment. Ambrose Bierce
- At Milan, where at first he used to come to the cathedral to admire Ambrose's oratorical skill, he found himself not only impressed by the content of the discourses but also gripped by the psalm chants.
- French by Petis de la Croix, with a preface by Cazotte, and was englished by Ambrose Phillips. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- The bass player, an exceptionally tall, lean man with a bald head out of which sprouted a few knots of corkscrewed hair, looked a bit like Curtly Ambrose, the once-feared West Indies pace bowler.
- The self-reflexivity of the narrative serves to exteriorize Ambrose's self-conscious self-narration.
- Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others. Ambrose Bierce
- Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility. Ambrose Bierce
- Ambrose, thought I to myself, my devout Ambrose is either at church, or abominably lazy this morning.
- He waited patiently for Ambrose to finish his drink, then took the canteen from the man's outstretched hand.
