saint ambrose

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saint ambrose - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Saint Ambrose
      n 1: (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) [syn:
           Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose]