Definitions
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
Word origin
From Middle English pulpit, from Old French pulpite and Latin pulpitum (“platform”). Doublet of pulpitum and polypus. Piecewise doublet of polypod.
Used in a sentence
“Always, whether in the pulpit or on the platform, as in private conversation, there is an absolute simplicity about the man and his words; a simplicity, an earnestness, a complete honesty.”
“[H]is `Amens' were ejected at the pulpit with the severity of a reprimand.”
“He seems like too timid a man to fill the pulpit at such a large church.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Preacher's platform”6 letters
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