AMBROSIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ambrosian mean? 

• AMBROSIAN (adjective)
  The adjective AMBROSIAN has 3 senses:

1. of or by or relating to Saint Ambrose

2. extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant

3. worthy of the gods

  Familiarity information: AMBROSIAN used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMBROSIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or by or relating to Saint Ambrose

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Ambrosian chants

Pertainym:

Ambrose ((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))

Derivation:

Ambrose ((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))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant

Synonyms:

ambrosial; ambrosian; nectarous

Context example:

ambrosial food

Similar:

tasty (pleasing to the sense of taste)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Worthy of the gods

Synonyms:

ambrosial; ambrosian

Similar:

heavenly (of or belonging to heaven or god)