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See also: púlpit
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English pulpit, from Old French pulpite and Latin pulpitum (“platform”). Doublet of pulpitum.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpʊlpɪt/, /ˈpʌlpɪt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpʊlpɪt/, /ˈpʌlpɪt/
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -ʊlpɪt, -ʌlpɪt
- Hyphenation: pul‧pit
Noun[edit]
pulpit (plural pulpits)
- A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon.
- 1915, Russell H. Conwell, Robert Shackleton, chapter IV, in Acres of Diamonds[1], His Life and Achievements:
- Always, whether in the pulpit or on the platform, as in private conversation, there is an absolute simplicity about the man and his words; a simplicity, an earnestness, a complete honesty.
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 12:
- [H]is `Amens' were ejected at the pulpit with the severity of a reprimand.
- 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.
- A raised desk, lectern, or platform for an orator or public speaker.
- (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 a stern pulpit; other texts use the term pushpit.
- A bow platform for harpooning.
- (UK military slang, dated) A plane's cockpit.
- 1941 March 24, Life, page 85:
- In the slang of the Royal Air Force man, the cockpit of his plane is the ‘pulpit’ or ‘office’, the glass covering over it the ‘greenhouse’.
Synonyms[edit]
- (place or occasion for public speaking): soap box, tribune
- (dated British slang for cockpit): office; see also cockpit
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
raised platform in church
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raised base for a speaker
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nautical: railing at the bow
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bow platform for harpooning
plane's cockpit — see cockpit
Middle English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
pulpit
- A pulpit (podium for religious oratory)
- A podium for non-religious oratory.
- (rare) A seat in a church for royalty.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “pulpit, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-18.
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin pulpitum. Doublet of pult.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pulpit m inan (diminutive pulpicik)
Declension[edit]
Declension of pulpit
Derived terms[edit]
adjective
Further reading[edit]
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