noun
- plural of ambo; raised platforms or pulpits in early Christian churches from which parts of the service were read
Usage: ecclesiastical; historical
Examples
- The ancient basilica featured two ornate ambones flanking the altar.
- Scholars studied the marble ambones to understand early Christian worship practices.
- The ambones in the Byzantine church were decorated with intricate carvings.
- Restoration work revealed the original positions of the medieval ambones.
- The gospel was traditionally read from one of the ambones during the service.