🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

讲经台

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiǎng jīng tái

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ambo/ˈæm.boʊ/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"诵读员走向讲经台宣读经文。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An elevated pulpit or reading desk placed in early Christian churches and basilicas, used for reading the Gospel or Epistle.

    "The deacon stood upon the ancient marble ambo to chant the Gospel."
  2. 2

    In modern liturgical contexts, a lectern or stand from which the Word of God is proclaimed during a church service.

    "The lector approached the ambo to read the first reading."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin ambo, originating from the Greek ἄμβων (ambōn), meaning 'edge' or 'raised rim'. Historically, it evolved to designate the elevated desk or pulpit used in early Christian churches for reading scripture.

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