adjective
- Roman Catholic Church.
- pertaining to the religious congregations under the protection of Saint Ambrose.
- pertaining to the ancient liturgy of the church of Milan.
- (lowercase) ambrosial.
adjective
- exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant.
- worthy of the gods; divine.
1590s, “immortal, divine,” from Latin ambrosius, from Greek ambrosios (see ambrosia).