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pulpit |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pulpit \Pul"pit\, n. [L. pulpitum: cf OF pulpite, F. pulpitre.] 1. An elevated place or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching. I stand like a clerk in my pulpit. --Chaucer. 2. The whole body of the clergy; preachers as a class; also preaching. I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers) Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause --Cowper. 3. A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pulpit \Pul"pit\, a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as a pulpit orator; pulpit eloquence. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pulpit n : a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: {dais}, {podium}, {rostrum}, {ambo}, {stump}, {soapbox}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Pulpit (Neh. 8:4). (See {EZRA}.)
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