ɪs, ˈdaɪ-, deɪs noun
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
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| —n | |
| a raised platform, usually at one end of a hall, used by speakers, etc | |
| [C13: from Old French deis, from Latin discus | |
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Word Origin & History
dais
mid-13c., from Anglo-Fr. deis, from O.Fr. dais "table, platform," from L. discus "disk-shaped object," also, by medieval times, "table," from Gk. diskos "quoit, disk, dish." Died out in Eng. c.1600, preserved in Scotland, revived 19c. by antiquarians.
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dais
any raised platform in a room, used primarily for ceremonial purposes. Originally the term referred to a raised portion of the floor at the end of a medieval hall, where the lord of the mansion dined with his family and friends at the high table, apart from the retainers and servants. A deep-recessed bay window usually placed at one or both ends of the dais provided greater privacy for the diners than the open hall could afford. In France the word is understood as a canopy over a seat
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Example sentences
The four guys up on the dais looked uniformly stumped.
Let me begin by adding my voice to the chorus of those on this dais offering thanks to our staff.
The piano downstairs is raised on a dais, lid permanently up, but it doesn't get played much.
Through the vestibule is the fellowship hall, a large room with a curved dais at the far end.
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