pulpit

Definitions


[ˈpʊlpɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a raised enclosed platform in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon
(e.g: many ministers delivered political guidance from their pulpits)

- a raised platform in the bows of a fishing boat or whaler


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Latin pulpitum ‘scaffold, platform’, in medieval Latin ‘pulpit’




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