pulpit

UK/ˈpʊlpɪt/US/ˈpʊlpɪt/

nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,987 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: pulpits

A pulpit is the raised stand a preacher speaks from. Climb into the pulpit.

The height was for being heard before amplification, which is why old ones are so high. A bully pulpit is a position that lets somebody be heard whatever their formal power.

Definitions of pulpit

1nounpulpitThe raised stand a preacher speaks from.B2+
“The pulpit was carved from one piece of oak in 1620.”

pulpit is a stand.

Where it comes from

Latin pulpitum means a platform or stage.

Latin
pulpitum — platform
Old French
pulpite
Middle English
pulpit
English, today
pulpit

From Middle English pulpit, from Old French pulpite and Latin pulpitum (“platform”). a doublet of pulpitum and polypus. polypod.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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pulpit in the wild

A pulpit is an elevated stand for preachers in a Christian church.
Pulpit
Most pulpits have one or more book-stands on which the preacher can rest his bible, notes or texts.
Pulpit
A minbar is a pulpit in a mosque where the imam (leader of prayers) stands to deliver sermons.
Minbar
The pulpit gown, also called pulpit robe or preaching robe, is a black gown worn by Protestant ministers for preaching.
Pulpit gown
In modern churches, the choir may be located centrally behind the altar, or the pulpit.
Choir (architecture)

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