dais

[ dey-is, dahy-, deys ]
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noun
  1. a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.

Origin of dais

1
1225–75; Middle English deis<Anglo-French (Old French dois) <Latin discus quoit; see discus

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How to use dais in a sentence

  • Now she walked forward, followed by the two men, until she had passed the faskeeyeh and had reached the foot of the dais.

    Bella Donna | Robert Hichens
  • At the end opposite the entrance is a large sepolcro a mensa, in front of which is a dais elevated two steps.

    The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow
  • They sit above our heads, on life's raised dais, and appeal at once to our respect and pity.

    The Pocket R.L.S. | Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The royal dais was protected by a canopy of crimson velvet, trimmed with crimson and gold fringe.

    Ways of War and Peace | Delia Austrian
  • Vyrtl took his place on a dais at the head of the table, and his aide arranged the gold-stiffened ceremonial robe.

    The Envoy, Her | Horace Brown Fyfe

British Dictionary definitions for dais

dais

/ (ˈdeɪɪs, deɪs) /


noun
  1. a raised platform, usually at one end of a hall, used by speakers, etc

Origin of dais

1
C13: from Old French deis, from Latin discus discus

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