pulpit

Meaning

Noun

• A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon.
• 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.
• 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.
• A plane's cockpit.

Related

Similar words

• office; see also cockpit

Origin

• From Middle English pulpit, from Old French pulpite and Latin pulpitum.