AMBROSIAN
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)
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))
Meaning:
Extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant
Synonyms:
ambrosial; nectarous; ambrosian
Context examples:
a nectarous drink / ambrosial food
Similar:
tasty (pleasing to the sense of taste)
Meaning:
Worthy of the gods
Synonyms:
ambrosial; ambrosian
Similar:
heavenly (of or belonging to heaven or god)
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