ambos

Early Christian lecterns

Ambos is Australian and New Zealand slang for ambulance officers or paramedics: The ambos arrived within minutes.

The word follows a common pattern in Australian English of shortening words and adding -o: ambo from ambulance, like arvo from afternoon or servo from service station.

couple

partners

Joint venture participants

togetherness · pair · duo · twosome · match · spouses · engagement · union · companionship · affection

duality

twofold

Consisting of two parts

double · twin · bilateral · bifurcate · bipolar · dyad · duplication · symmetry · balance · complementary

both

equally

To the same degree

mutually · shared · alike · each · either · neither · two · twofold · dual · paired

spanish

hablar

To utter words

ellos · plural

Opposites
liturgical elevation/position

ambospews

Fixed sanctuary seating

choir stalls · narthex · aisles · benches · kneelers

liturgical function

ambospews

Fixed sanctuary seating

baptismal fonts · confessionals

Phrases
Family

ambition, amble, ambiguous, ambivalent, preamble, ambidextrous, ambulatory, ambulate, ambo

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