Thesaurus: bema

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1. n. A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
2. n. That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.
3. n. Erroneously: A pulpit.
4. n. area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
5. 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. Mitford. 2. (Arch.) (a) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel. (b) Erroneously: A pulpit.
6. A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. Mitford.
7. n area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing