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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).
Category relationships: Church Of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church
Generic synonyms: Bishop, Church Father, Father, Father Of The Church, Composer, Doctor, Doctor Of The Church, Saint, Theologian, Theologiser, Theologist, Theologizer
Derivative terms: Ambrosian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Ambrose
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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