Definition of Saint ambrose

1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Ambrose

Saint-John's-bread
Saint-Louis
Saint-Malo
Saint-Martin-le-Nœud
Saint-Mihiel
Saint-Pierre
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
Saint-Saens
Saint-Simonian
Saint-Simonianism
Saint-Simonians
Saint-Simonism
Saint Agnes' Eve
Saint Agnes' Eves
Saint Agnes's Eve
Saint Ambrose
Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew's Day
Saint Andrew's cross
Saint Andrew's crosses
Saint Andrew the Apostle
Saint Anselm
Saint Anthony's cross
Saint Anthony's crosses
Saint Anthony's dance
Saint Anthony's fire
Saint Anthony's fires
Saint Athanasius
Saint Augustine
Saint Baeda

Literary usage of Saint ambrose

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

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"The full title of his translation is as follows : ' Two Rooks of saint ambrose, Bys- shoppe of ... saint ambrose ..."

2. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... and others mentioned by saint ambrose *; of others also mentioned in the ... Florentine, and Mil- Ian Libraries attributed to saint ambrose. ..."

3. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... and others mentioned by saint ambrose * ; of others also mentioned in the ... Florentine, and Mil- Ian Libraries attributed to saint ambrose. ..."

4. Orations from Homer to William McKinley by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1902)
"saint ambrose saint ambrose, one of the famous Latin Fathers of the Church, was the son of a ... saint ambrose ..."

5. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... and others mentioned by saint ambrose * ; of others also ***•Paris- mentioned in the ... saint ambrose ..."

6. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"saint ambrose, bishop of Milan, addressed to the empero Gratian three books on the Holy Ghost. " II y prouve que I Saint Esprit est Dieu egal au Pere et au ..."

7. Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1905)
"... saint ambrose saint ambrose, one of the famous Latin Fathers of the Church, was the son of a Roman prefect in Gaul, and was born probably at ..."

8. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"The full title of his translation is as follows : ' Two Rooks of saint ambrose, Bys- shoppe of ... saint ambrose ..."

9. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... and others mentioned by saint ambrose *; of others also mentioned in the ... Florentine, and Mil- Ian Libraries attributed to saint ambrose. ..."

10. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... and others mentioned by saint ambrose * ; of others also mentioned in the ... Florentine, and Mil- Ian Libraries attributed to saint ambrose. ..."

11. Orations from Homer to William McKinley by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1902)
"saint ambrose saint ambrose, one of the famous Latin Fathers of the Church, was the son of a ... saint ambrose ..."

12. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... and others mentioned by saint ambrose * ; of others also ***•Paris- mentioned in the ... saint ambrose ..."

13. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"saint ambrose, bishop of Milan, addressed to the empero Gratian three books on the Holy Ghost. " II y prouve que I Saint Esprit est Dieu egal au Pere et au ..."

14. Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1905)
"... saint ambrose saint ambrose, one of the famous Latin Fathers of the Church, was the son of a Roman prefect in Gaul, and was born probably at ..."

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