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ambo

American  
[am-boh] / ˈæm boʊ /
Also ambon

noun

plural

ambos

  1. (in an early Christian church) a raised desk, or either of two such desks, from which the Gospels or Epistles were read or chanted.

ambo 1 British  
/ ˈæmbəʊ /

noun

  1. an ambulance driver

  2. an ambulance

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ambo 2 British  
/ ˈæmbəʊ /

noun

  1. either of two raised pulpits from which the gospels and epistles were read in early Christian churches

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Etymology

Origin of ambo

First recorded in 1635–45; from Medieval Latin ambō(n), from Greek ámbōn “edge, rim, pulpit”

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