ambo

Meaning

  1. A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.
  2. A stationary podium used for readings and homilies.

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈæm.bəʊ/
Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ambō, from Ancient Greek ἄμβων (ámbōn).

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