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pulpit definition

pul·pit (po̵ol′pit, pul′-)

noun

    1. a raised platform or high lectern from which a clergyman preaches in a church
    2. preachers collectively
    3. the work of preaching
  2. a raised or enclosed area; esp., an elevated control room, as in a steel mill

Etymology: ME pulpet < L pulpitum, stage, scaffold (in LL & ML, pulpit) < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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