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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

The ambo constructed by Justinian in the Church of St. Sophia was destroyed by an earthquake.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

The ambo had two ascents—one from the east, and the other from the west.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Old Tammany Hall once stood on this square at the corner of Frankfort street, but its site is now occupied by the offices of The Sun and Brick Pomeroy’s Democrat—Arcades ambo.

From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe

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

From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2019

Its two ambos stand on each side of the raised portion of the floor which corresponds to the choir in the Basilica of Honorius.

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

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

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




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