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Bible Encyclopedias
Ambient
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(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.
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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.
