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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


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]