AMBROSE

AMBROSE

Ambrose Bierce Glossary

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The Mohammedan Supreme Being, as distinguished from the Christian, Jewish, and so forth. APOSTATE

A scourge created in order that the wicked may torture us by mispronouncing his tribal designation. For our sins they call it Ay-rab. ASTROLOGY

An old deity formerly much worshiped under various names. BUDDHISM

To make a saint out of a dead sinner. CENOBITE

To ceremoniously afflict a helpless child with a name. CHRISTIAN

A day set apart and consecrated to gluttony, drunkenness, maudlin sentiment, gift-taking, public dullness and domestic behavior. CHURCH