ambrosian
Speech parts
1. ambrosian - Noun
2. ambrosian - Adjective
3. ambrosian - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Ambrosial.
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.
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a nectarous drink
ambrosial food
Ambrosian chants
By the 12th and 13th centuries, Gregorian chant had superseded all the other Western chant traditions, with the exception of the Ambrosian chant in Milan and the Mozarabic chant in a few specially designated Spanish chapels.
In the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, baptism by submersion is used in the Ambrosian Rite and is one of the methods provided in the Roman Rite of the baptism of infants.
Milan has its own historic Catholic rite known as the Ambrosian Rite (Italian: Rito ambrosiano).