Definition of Ambones

1. Noun. (plural of ambo) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ambones

1. ambo [n] - See also: ambo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambones

amblyoscope
amblypoda
amblypygid
amblypygids
ambo
ambo-
amboceptor
amboceptor unit
ambodexter
ambodexters
amboina
amboina pine
amboinas
ambomalleal
ambon
ambones (current term)
ambonoclast
ambonoclasts
ambos
amboyna
amboyna pine
amboyna wood
amboynas
ambragresia
ambre-gris
ambreate
ambreates
ambreic
ambreic acid
ambrein

Literary usage of Ambones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lombard Architecture by Arthur Kingsley Porter (1917)
"The church-furniture of Early Christian basilicas, it is known, almost always comprised two ambones, one for the epistle, the other for the gospel. ..."

2. Handbook to Christian and Ecclesiastical Rome by Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker, Hope Malleson (1897)
"Interior of a Church—Altars—The font and holy water—Reservation— ambones and pulpit—Lights—Iconoclastic controversy—Images and pictures—Relics. ..."

3. Italy by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1899)
"to the high-altar, are two Pulp it t (ambones) in coloured marble, one placed on nine, ... ambones ..."

4. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society (1905)
"Nevertheless, it can hardly be doubted that the ambones on the choir ... The ambones, of which fine examples still exist at Salerno and Ravello (see Plate I ..."

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