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A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3.

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  1. n. A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3.
  2. A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3. Turner.
  3. 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)