ambo
Because it is a word with a single syllable, ambo is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofambo
- A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.
Example: "1918, ‘It will get better somehow,’ he thought, and went to the ambo. On going up the steps and turning to the right he saw the priest. — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, page 438)"
- A stationary podium used for readings and homilies.
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