Thesaurus: pulpit

An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching.

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n. An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching.
n. The whole body of the class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/clergy">clergy; class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/preachers">preachers as a class; also, preaching.
n. A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker.
a. Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpit orator; pulpit eloquence.
n. a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
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. Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpit orator; pulpit eloquence.
Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpitorator; pulpit eloquence.
n:100 n a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it