st. 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)

   SynonymsAmbroseSaint Ambrose

   BroaderbishoptheologiancomposerChurch Father

   Roman Catholic

Questions about st. ambrose

What does st. ambrose mean?

st. 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)".

What is another word for st. ambrose?

Close synonyms include Ambrose, Saint 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 st. ambrose a common word?

st. ambrose is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.