English > Ambrose: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | (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). |
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| Synonyms | Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose |
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| Category | Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church | The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy |
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| Instance of | Church Father, Father of the Church, Father | (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine |
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| Doctor of the Church, Doctor | (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching |
| bishop | A senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority |
| composer | someone who composes music as a profession |
| saint | A person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization |
| theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser | someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology |
| Spanish | Ambrosio |
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| Catalan | Ambròs de Milà |
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| Adjectives | Ambrosian | of or by or relating to Saint Ambrose |
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