Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ambrosian"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Ambrosian \Am*bro"sian\, a.
Ambrosial. [R.] --. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Ambrosian \Am*bro"sian\, a.
Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or
ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan,
instituted by St. Ambrose.

{Ambrosian chant}, the mode of signing or chanting introduced
by St. Ambrose in the 4th century.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

ambrosian
adj 1: extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant; "a
nectarous drink"; "ambrosial food" [syn: {ambrosial},
{nectarous}]
2: worthy of the gods [syn: {ambrosial}]


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