Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
the Fourth Week of Advent
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
Bible Encyclopedias
Ambient
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
(from Lat. ambi, on both sides, and ire, to go), surrounding; a word implying a moving rather than a stationary encircling. It is used mostly in the phrase the "ambient air," though Bacon applied it as an adjective to the clergy, suggesting "ambition." In astrology it means the sky.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
These files are public domain.
Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Ambient'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/ambient.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Ambient'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/ambient.html. 1910.
