pulpit

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

dais, podium, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox

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