ambo

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ambo - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ambo \Am"bo\, n.; pl. Ambos. [LL. ambo, Gr. ?, any rising, a
     raised stage, pulpit: cf. F. ambon.]
     A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian
     churches. --Gwilt.
     [1913 Webster]

ambo - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ambo
      n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give
           prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium,
           pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox]