Ambrose

Ambrose
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)
Syn: ↑Saint Ambrose, ↑St. Ambrose
Derivationally related forms: ↑Ambrosian
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