ambrose

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)

   SynonymsSaint AmbroseSt. Ambrose

   BroaderbishoptheologiancomposerChurch Father

   Roman Catholic

Other forms of ambrose

plural

ambroses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ambrose

What does ambrose mean?

ambrose means "(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 many syllables are in ambrose?

ambrose has 2 syllables: am-brose. The stress falls on "am". In IPA it is /ˈæmˌbɹoʊz/.

What is another word for ambrose?

Close synonyms include Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ambrose a common word?

ambrose is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.