Synonyms for pulpit

Grammar : Noun

Spell : poo l-pit, puhl-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʊl pɪt, ˈpʌl-

Définition of pulpit

Origin : early 14c., from Late Latin pulpitum "raised structure on which preachers stand," in classical Latin "scaffold; stage, platform for actors," of unknown origin. Also borrowed in Middle High German as pulpit (German Pult "desk"). Sense of "Christian preachers and ministers generally" is from 1560s. Pulpiteer, old contemptuous term for "professional preacher," is recorded from 1640s.

noun structure from which sermon is given

Example sentences :

There was a large platform, with chairs upon it, but no pulpit or reading-desk.
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

Having ascended the pulpit, Father Massias did not at once speak.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

The idea of Turkey wagging his head in a pulpit made me laugh.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

And yet this old man in the pulpit called it a place where you went to rest!
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Then I should never have had to encounter the damnable snares of the pulpit!
Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald

When I got into the pulpit I thought I could not remember the number of the verse of my text.
Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various

My father was as meek, and pious, and humble a Christian as ever thumped a pulpit.
Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper

A sad-looking monk had ascended the pulpit, and was beginning to preach.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

Some one, apparently, had been pelting the pulpit with them.
Extract from : « The Monkey That Would Not Kill » by Henry Drummond

From the pulpit a sheet of gloom projected to the rafters of the ceiling.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

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