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Am⋅brose

  [am-brohz]
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–noun
1. Saint, a.d. 340?–397, bishop of Milan 374–397.
2. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “immortal.”
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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.
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Ambrose 
masc. proper name, from L. Ambrosius, from Gk. ambrosios "immortal, belonging to the immortals" (see ambrosia). The Ambrosian Library in Milan is named for St. Ambrose, bishop of Milan.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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