pulpit
noun
- a raised platform or high lectern from which a clergyman preaches in a church
- preachers collectively
- the work of preaching
- a raised or enclosed area; esp., an elevated control room, as in a steel mill
See pulpit in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(po͝olˈpĭt, pŭlˈ-)
noun- An elevated platform, lectern, or stand used in preaching or conducting a religious service.
a. Clerics considered as a group.
b. The ministry of preaching.
- An elevated metal guardrail extending around the bow or stern of a yacht or other small vessel.
- An elevated platform, such as one used by harpooners in a whaling boat.
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