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pul⋅pit

  [pool-pit, puhl-]
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–noun
1. a platform or raised structure in a church, from which the sermon is delivered or the service is conducted.
2. the pulpit,
a. the clerical profession; the ministry.
b. members of the clergy collectively: In attendance were representatives of medicine, the pulpit, and the bar.
3. (esp. in Protestantism and Judaism) the position of pastor or rabbi: He heard of a pulpit in Chicago that was about to be vacated.
4. preaching.
5. (in small craft)
a. a safety rail rising about 18 to 30 in. (48 to 76 cm) from the deck near the bow and extending around it.
b. a similar rail at the stern.
6. a control booth in a factory, usually elevated and glass-enclosed, from which an operator can observe and direct the manufacturing process.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < LL pulpitum pulpit, L: platform, stage

Related forms:
pul⋅pit⋅al, adjective
pul⋅pit⋅less, adjective
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pul·pit   (pŏŏl'pĭt, pŭl'-)   
n.  

  1. An elevated platform, lectern, or stand used in preaching or conducting a religious service.

    1. Clerics considered as a group.

    2. The ministry of preaching.

  3. An elevated metal guardrail extending around the bow or stern of a yacht or other small vessel.

  4. An elevated platform, such as one used by harpooners in a whaling boat.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin pulpitum, from Latin, wooden platform.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

pulpit 
c.1330, from L.L. pulpitum "raised structure on which preachers stand," in classical L. "scaffold, platform for actors," of unknown origin. Also borrowed in M.H.G. as pulpit (Ger. Pult "desk"). Sense of "Christian preachers and ministers generally" is from 1570.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Pulpit

(Neh. 8:4). (See EZRA.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Encyclopedia

pulpit

in Western church architecture, an elevated and enclosed platform from which the sermon is delivered during a service

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