[a. Gr. ἄμβων a rising, the raised edge or rim of a dish, a raised stage or pulpit; prob. f. ἀνα-βα- go up, rise.]
† 1. = AMBO. Obs.
1725. trans. Dupin’s Eccl. Hist. 17th C., I. v. 69. They mounted the Ambon on Juba, which was betwixt the Choir and the Nave.
1794. Archaeol., XI. 320. Before this vault was also placed the choir, with the ambon.
2. Anat. ‘The margin or tip of the sockets in which the heads of the large bones are lodged.’ Hooper, Med. Dict., 1811. (So ἄμβων in Galen.)
