Ambrose \Am"brose\, n. A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See {Ambrosia}, 3. --Turner.
Ambrose n : (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: {Saint Ambrose}, {St. Ambrose}]