pulpit.

1. A raised platform or enclosed stand from which a religious speaker addresses a congregation.

2. Public religious preaching or the influence of those who deliver it.

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Words that belong together

• carved pulpit
• pulpit steps
• preach from the pulpit

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The preacher climbed the narrow steps to the pulpit.

A carved eagle spread its wings beneath the pulpit’s rail.

From the pulpit, she could see the faces at the back of the church.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular pulpit; plural pulpits. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.