1. a raised platform or pulpit in early Christian churches from which parts of the service were read
Usage: ecclesiastical; historical

Examples

• The priest read the Gospel from the ancient marble ambo.
• The Byzantine church featured an ornate ambo decorated with intricate carvings.
• Archaeologists discovered the remains of a sixth-century ambo in the excavated basilica.
• The ambo was positioned between the nave and the altar area.
• Medieval churches often replaced the traditional ambo with a simpler pulpit design.