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Word entry · 6 letters

pulpit

Best crossword clue

"Preacher's platform"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈpʊlpɪt/Part of speech nounSorted ilpptuStarts with PEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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

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