Definition of pulpit

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Pulpit (n.) A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker..

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Tribune :: Tribune (n.) Anciently, a bench or elevated place, from which speeches were delivered; in France, a kind of pulpit in the hall of the legislative assembly, where a member stands while making an address; any place occupied by a public orator..
Desk :: Desk (n.) A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession..
Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker..
Ambo :: Ambo (n.) A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches..
Pulpit :: Pulpit (n.) A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker..
Pulpitical :: Pulpitical (a.) Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit.
Pulpitish :: Pulpitish (a.) Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching.
Tester :: Tester (n.) A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb..
Khutbah :: Khutbah (n.) An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his descendants, and the ruling princes..
Pulpit :: Pulpit (n.) The whole body of the clergy; preachers as a class; also, preaching..
Supply :: Supply (v. t.) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit..
Sounding-board :: Sounding-board (n.) A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice.
Pulpiteer :: Pulpiteer (n.) One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher; -- so called in contempt.
Tub :: Tub (n.) Any structure shaped like a tub: as, a certain old form of pulpit; a short, broad boat, etc., -- often used jocosely or opprobriously..
Bema :: Bema (n.) Erroneously: A pulpit.
Pulpit :: Pulpit (n.) An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching..
Supply :: Supply (n.) A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit..
Abatvoix :: Abatvoix (n.) The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.
Pulpitry :: Pulpitry (n.) The teaching of the pulpit; preaching.
Pulpiter :: Pulpiter (n.) A preacher.
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