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Am⋅bro⋅sian

  [am-broh-zhuhn]
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–adjective
1. Roman Catholic Church.
a. pertaining to the religious congregations under the protection of Saint Ambrose.
b. pertaining to the ancient liturgy of the church of Milan.
2. (lowercase) ambrosial.
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am⋅bro⋅sial

  [am-broh-zhuhl]
–adjective
1. exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant.
2. worthy of the gods; divine.
Also, ambrosian.

Origin:
1590–1600; ambrosi(a) + -al 1

Related forms:
am⋅bro⋅sial⋅ly, adverb
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Am·brose   (ām'brōz')   
Writer, composer, and bishop of Milan (374-397) who imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian Church.
Am·bro'sian (ām-brō'zhən) adj.
am·bro·sial   (ām-brō'zhəl, -zhē-əl)   
adj.  

  1. Suggestive of ambrosia; fragrant or delicious. See Synonyms at delicious.

  2. Of or worthy of the gods; divine.

am·bro'sial·ly adv.
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