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ambo|ˈæmbəʊ|
Pl. ambos |-əʊz|, also in L. form amˈbōnēs.
[a. late L. ambo (ambōn-em), ad. Gr. ἄµβων: see ambon.]
Special name of the pulpit or reading-desk in early Christian churches; ‘an oblong enclosure with steps usually at the two ends.’ Gwilt.
1641Milton Hist. Ref. i. Wks. 1847. 10/1 The admirers of antiquity have been beating their brains about their ambones. 1673Cave Prim. Chr. i. vi. 123 The Ambo or reading pew. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., In some churches remains of the Ambos are still seen. 1864W. Grieve in Vac. Tour. 427 In the centre is the ambo, marked sometimes only by a circle in the pavement, whilst at others it is a platform of one, two, or three steps. 1881Stanley Chr. Inst. iii 55 In England the huge reading-desk or ‘pew’ long supplied the place of the old ambo. |