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pulpit

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See also: púlpit

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English pulpit , from Old French pulpite and Latin pulpitum ("platform"). Doublet of pulpitum and polypus . Piecewise doublet of polypod .

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Noun

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pulpit (plural pulpits )

  1. (Christianity , countable ) A raised platform in a church, sometimes enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon; also, the lectern on such a platform.
    • 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, →OCLC, page 12:
      [H]is `Amens' were ejected at the pulpit with the severity of a reprimand.
  2. (metonymic , chiefly Christianity )
    1. (uncountable ) Activity associated with or usually performed from a church pulpit; preaching, sermons, religious teaching.
    2. (uncountable ) The preaching profession, office, or role in general; the pastorate, the priesthood, the ministry.
    3. (uncountable ) Preachers collectively; clergy; the priesthood.
    4. (countable ) An individual or particular preaching position or role; a pastorate.
      He seems like too timid a man to fill the pulpit at such a large church.
  3. (by extension) Bully pulpit.
  4. (countable ) Any lectern, podium, dais, or platform for an orator or public speaker.
  5. (countable , nautical ) The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck; also called bow pulpit. The railing at the stern is sometimes called the stern pulpit or the pushpit .
  6. (countable , nautical ) A bow platform for harpooning.
    • 1975, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Jaws :
      [Hooper:] Will you just please go to the end of the pulpit!
      [Brody:] What for?
      [Hooper:] I need to have something in the foreground to give it some scale.
      [Brody:] Foreground, my ass!
  7. (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’.

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Translations

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raised platform in church
activity performed from a church pulpit
raised base for a speaker
nautical: railing at the bow
bow platform for harpooning
plane's cockpit — see cockpit

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin pulpitum .

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pulpit

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

Descendants

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References

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin pulpitum . Doublet of pult .

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    pulpit m inan (diminutive pulpicik )

    1. (computing ) desktop (the main graphical user interface of an operating system)
    2. pulpit , lectern

    Declension

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    Declension of pulpit
    singular plural
    nominative pulpit pulpity
    genitive pulpitu pulpitów
    dative pulpitowi pulpitom
    accusative pulpit pulpity
    instrumental pulpitem pulpitami
    locative pulpicie pulpitach
    vocative pulpicie pulpity

    Derived terms

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    adjective

    Further reading

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    • "pulpit", in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • "pulpit", in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)

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