pulpit
/ˈpʊlpɪt/ noun C2- A raised platform in a church, sometimes enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon; also, the lectern on such a platform.
- Activity associated with or usually performed from a church pulpit; preaching, sermons, religious teaching.
- The preaching profession, office, or role in general; the pastorate, the priesthood, the ministry.
- Preachers collectively; clergy; the priesthood.
- An individual or particular preaching position or role; a pastorate.
- Bully pulpit.
- Any lectern, podium, dais, or platform for an orator or public speaker.
- The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck; also called bow pulpit. The railing at the stern is sometimes called the stern pulpit or the pushpit.
Plural pulpits
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On Sunday Anne confided to Marilla on the way home from church that she grew actually cold all over with excitement when the minister announced the picnic from the pulpit.
But when a minister says a thing in the pulpit you just have to believe it.”
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