English noun: St. Ambrose |
1. | St. Ambrose (person) (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 | Ambrose, Saint Ambrose |
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| Instance hypernym | bishop, Church Father, composer, Doctor, Doctor of the Church, Father, Father of the Church, saint, theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer |
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| Domain category | Church of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church |
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