‘It will get better somehow,’ he thought, and went to the ambo. On going up the steps and turning to the right he saw the priest.
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Ambo
//ˈæm.bəʊ//
Synonyms for "ambo" (16 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- амвон noun (raised platform)
- шофьор на линейка noun (informal: ambulance driver)
Catalan
1 entries- ambó noun (raised platform)
Czech
1 entries- ambon noun (stationary podium)
Finnish
4 entries- ambo noun (raised platform)
- ambo noun (stationary podium)
- lukupulpetti noun (raised platform)
- saarnastuoli noun (stationary podium)
French
2 entries- ambon noun (raised platform)
- ambulancier noun (informal: ambulance driver)
Galician
1 entries- ambón noun (raised platform)
German
1 entries- Ambo noun (stationary podium)
Indonesian
1 entries- ambo noun (stationary podium)
Italian
1 entries- ambone noun (raised platform)
Polish
1 entries- ambona noun (stationary podium)
Portuguese
2 entries- ambão noun (raised platform)
- ambão noun (stationary podium)
Russian
1 entries- амво́н noun (raised platform)
Spanish
1 entries- ambón noun (raised platform)
Vietnamese
1 entries- giảng đài noun (stationary podium)
Sample sentences
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the Emperor arrived and instead of moving directly to his seat climbed to the top level of the ambo, the great three-decker pulpit of polychrome marble.
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The dignity of the Word of God requires that in the church there be a suitable place from which it may be proclaimed and toward which the attention of the faithful naturally turns during the Liturgy of the Word. It is appropriate that generally this place be a stationary ambo and not simply a movable lectern.
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Rawls: I don't want the fuckin' reporters seeing any ambos. Shit.
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