pulpit

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From Latin pulpitum, "platform".

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Singular
pulpit

Plural
pulpits

pulpit (plural pulpits)

  1. A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands to conduct the sermon.
  2. (obsolete, nautical) 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 as stern pulpit; other texts use the perhaps more-appropriate term pushpit.

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pulpit m.

  1. desktop (the main graphical user interface of an operating system)

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Singular Plural
Nominative pulpit pulpity
Genitive pulpitu pulpitów
Dative pulpitowi pulpitom
Accusative pulpit pulpity
Instrumental pulpitem pulpitami
Locative pulpicie pulpitach
Vocative pulpicie pulpity