1.
[syn: Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ambrose \Am"brose\, n.
A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3. --Turner.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ambrose
n 1: (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) [syn:
Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose]