pulpit

Etymology
From, from and. .

Noun

 * 1) A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon.
 * 2) Activity performed from a church pulpit, in other words, preaching, sermons, religious teaching, the preaching profession, preachers collectively or an individual preaching position; by extension: bully pulpit.
 * 3) A raised desk, lectern, or platform for an orator or public speaker.
 * 4)  The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck. It is sometimes referred to as bow pulpit. The railing at the stern of the boat is sometimes referred to as a stern pulpit; other texts use the term pushpit.
 * 5) A bow platform for harpooning.
 * 6)  A plane's cockpit.
 * 1) A bow platform for harpooning.
 * 2)  A plane's cockpit.

Synonyms

 * ; see also cockpit
 * ; see also cockpit

Translations

 * Arabic: مِنْبَر
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: pulpitu
 * Belarusian: кафедра, трыбуна
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 講臺
 * Mandarin: 講道壇,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: predikejo
 * Estonian: kantsel
 * Faroese: prædikastólur
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: კათედრა
 * German: ;  ;, Predigtstuhl
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, (also used to describe the platform in a synagogue where the rabbi conducts the sermon)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: predikunarstóll
 * Ido:
 * Irish: puilpid, crannóg
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 講壇
 * Korean: 설교단
 * Latvian: kancele
 * Lithuanian: sakykla
 * Macedonian: проповедница
 * Norwegian:
 * Ottoman Turkish: كرسی
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Kaunsel, Pult
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: cùbaid
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: проповједао́ница
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: kazateľnica
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: dungu, mimbari
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pulpito
 * Thai: ธรรมาสน์
 * Ukrainian:, , казальниця,
 * Vietnamese:, , giảng đài, bục giảng
 * Walloon:, , tcheyire di verité
 * Welsh: pulpud


 * Ukrainian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: keulakaide

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) A pulpit podium for religious oratory
 * 2) A podium for non-religious oratory.
 * 3)  A seat in a church for royalty.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  desktop
 * , lectern