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Ambrosian   /æmbrˈoʊzən/   Listen
Ambrosian

adjective
1.
Of or by or relating to Saint Ambrose.
2.
Extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant.  Synonyms: ambrosial, nectarous.  "Ambrosial food"
3.
Worthy of the gods.  Synonym: ambrosial.





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"Ambrosian" Quotes from Famous Books



... Grotius (Jornandes, p. 642) exhibits the name of Aestri. But reason and the Ambrosian MS. have restored the Aestii, whose manners and situation are expressed by the pencil of Tacitus, (Germania, ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 2 • Edward Gibbon
... heart, Like some wild floweret leaping at the dawn? 'Tis not for me, 'tis not for thee to tell, But Time shall be our teacher, and his voice Shall fall unheard, unheeded in the midst! Still art thou doubtful? Then arise and sing Into the Empyrean vault, while I Drift in the vagueness of the Ambrosian night. ...
— Boycotted - And Other Stories • Talbot Baines Reed
... the Palace is superb, and the furniture is of the most elegant description, being faithfully and classically modelled after the antique Roman and Grecian. After visiting the Ambrosian library (by the way, it is quite absurd to visit a library unless you employ whole days to inspect the various editions), I went to the Hospital, which is a stupendous building, and makes up 8,000 beds. The arrangement of this hospital merits the greatest praise. I then peeped into several ...
— After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 • Major W. E Frye


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