Definition of Ambrosian

1. Adjective. Of or by or relating to Saint Ambrose. "Ambrosian chants"

Partainyms: Ambrose
Derivative terms: Ambrose

2. Adjective. Extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant. "Ambrosial food"
Exact synonyms: Ambrosial, Nectarous
Similar to: Tasty
Derivative terms: Nectar

3. Adjective. Worthy of the gods.
Exact synonyms: Ambrosial
Similar to: Heavenly
Derivative terms: Ambrosia

Definition of Ambrosian

1. a. Ambrosial.

2. a. Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan, instituted by St. Ambrose.

Definition of Ambrosian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to (w St Ambrose). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ambrosian

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambrosian

ambreates
ambreic
ambreic acid
ambrein
ambrette
ambrettes
ambries
ambrisentan
ambrite
ambroid
ambroids
ambrosia
ambrosiac
ambrosial
ambrosially
ambrosian
ambrosias
ambrosin
ambrosins
ambrotype
ambrotypes
ambroxol
ambry
ambs
ambsace
ambsaces
ambulacra
ambulacral
ambulacriform

Literary usage of Ambrosian

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"But canon 23 of the Council of Tours (767) allowed the use of the Ambrosian hymns. Though the Psalter of the second recension of St. Jerome, now used in all ..."

2. The American Bibliopolist (1870)
"The literary wealth of the famous monastery of Bobbio was divided between the Vatican and Ambrosian libraries. Car- • dinal Federigo Borromeo founded the ..."

3. Memoirs of Libraries: Including a Handbook of Library Economy by Edward Edwards (1859)
"Ambrosian Li- The Ambrosian Library at Milan owes its existence to the munificence of Cardinal Frederick Borromeo, nephew of Charles Borromeo, ..."

4. Christian Worship: Its Origin and Evolution. A Study of the Latin Liturgy Up by Louis Duchesne (1904)
"Ambrosian Books. We find a considerable number of liturgical manuscripts, compiled for Churches using the Ambrosian rite, preserved in the collections of ..."

5. The Ancient Editions of Plautus by Wallace Martin Lindsay (1904)
"For example, in the first Canticum of the Amphitruo, where (owing to the want of the Ambrosian Palimpsest) we are quite at fault about the disposition of vv ..."

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