Pulpit
noun
A raised platform in a church from where the minister or priest gives a sermon.
The priest ascended the pulpit to deliver his sermon.
Often appears as...
- ascend the pulpit
- sermon from the pulpit
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Religious
noun
A position of moral authority, often used to speak out about something.
The celebrity used her fame as a pulpit to spread awareness about climate change.
Often appears as...
- use as a pulpit
- speak from the pulpit
noun
In botany, a structure enclosing the carpels of a flower.
The pulpit is a crucial part of the flower structure, involved in reproduction.
Often appears as...
- flower's pulpit
- pulpit structure
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Scientific
noun
A raised platform in a church from where the minister or priest gives a sermon.
The priest ascended the pulpit to deliver his sermon.
Often appears as...
- ascend the pulpit
- sermon from the pulpit
Usage tips
Religious
noun
A position of moral authority, often used to speak out about something.
The celebrity used her fame as a pulpit to spread awareness about climate change.
Often appears as...
- use as a pulpit
- speak from the pulpit
noun
In botany, a structure enclosing the carpels of a flower.
The pulpit is a crucial part of the flower structure, involved in reproduction.
Often appears as...
- flower's pulpit
- pulpit structure
Usage tips
Scientific
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Often used in religious settings, the word 'pulpit' carries a sacred and formal tone.
The congregation fell silent as the bishop approached the pulpit.
Pro Tip 2/3Visibility
'Pulpit' implies that the speaker is elevated, visible to all attendees for clear communication.
At the pulpit, the pastor's presence was commanding and central.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphor
Metaphorically represents a position of authority or a stage for public speaking.
The mayor's pulpit today is often in front of cameras.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Often used in religious settings, the word 'pulpit' carries a sacred and formal tone.
The congregation fell silent as the bishop approached the pulpit.
Pro Tip 2/3Visibility
'Pulpit' implies that the speaker is elevated, visible to all attendees for clear communication.
At the pulpit, the pastor's presence was commanding and central.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphor
Metaphorically represents a position of authority or a stage for public speaking.
The mayor's pulpit today is often in front of cameras.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Context
Often used in religious settings, the word 'pulpit' carries a sacred and formal tone.
The congregation fell silent as the bishop approached the pulpit.
Pro Tip 2/3Visibility
'Pulpit' implies that the speaker is elevated, visible to all attendees for clear communication.
At the pulpit, the pastor's presence was commanding and central.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphor
Metaphorically represents a position of authority or a stage for public speaking.
The mayor's pulpit today is often in front of cameras.
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The controversial...
evidence of popular opinions migration from pulpit and pew to cafe, salon, and press. It even has recipes. It's also irrepressibly human, as you can tell from Diderot's entry about a plant named aguaxima.
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How do you build a...
allowing you to come to the temple from all directions, nine symbolizing completeness, perfection. No pulpit, no sermons,
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Skinheads Recruiting...
the skinhead thing and it was fun but then i said well it's time you know go to college get a good education get as high as you can in industry military police whatever you can do and wait and they know how to utilize some of the best pulpits available today music and the internet and many of
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The controversial...
evidence of popular opinions migration from pulpit and pew to cafe, salon, and press. It even has recipes. It's also irrepressibly human, as you can tell from Diderot's entry about a plant named aguaxima.
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How do you build a...
allowing you to come to the temple from all directions, nine symbolizing completeness, perfection. No pulpit, no sermons,
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Robert H. Schuller
American Clergyman
I realized that every sermon I preached should be designed not to 'teach' or 'convert' people, but rather to encourage them, to give them a lift. I decided to adopt the spirit, style, strategy and substance of a 'therapist' in the pulpit.
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Michael Eric Dyson
American Author
Bill Cosby is a famous black guy who has a bully pulpit the size of the world; it's global. He puts his colossal foot on the vulnerable necks of poor people, and as a result of that, we don't have a balanced conversation.
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Charles R. Swindoll
American Clergyman
One of my great goals in life is to live long enough to where I am in the pulpit, preaching my heart out, and I die on the spot, my chin hits the pulpit - boom! - and I'm down and out. What a way to die!
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Joel Osteen
American Clergyman
My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places.
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Hector Hugh Munro
British Novelist
He spends his life explaining from his pulpit that the glory of Christianity consists in the fact that though it is not true it has been found necessary to invent it.
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Dr. Seuss
American Writer
Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books.
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Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
Every voice with a national bully pulpit that is willing to take on the lies of the anti-cop Left is still vitally important.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
If we had more hell in the pulpit, we would have less hell in the pew.
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Edmund Burke
Irish Statesman
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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Susan B. Anthony
American Activist
The worst enemy women have is in the pulpit.
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Robert H. Schuller
American Clergyman
I realized that every sermon I preached should be designed not to 'teach' or 'convert' people, but rather to encourage them, to give them a lift. I decided to adopt the spirit, style, strategy and substance of a 'therapist' in the pulpit.
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Michael Eric Dyson
American Author
Bill Cosby is a famous black guy who has a bully pulpit the size of the world; it's global. He puts his colossal foot on the vulnerable necks of poor people, and as a result of that, we don't have a balanced conversation.
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Charles R. Swindoll
American Clergyman
One of my great goals in life is to live long enough to where I am in the pulpit, preaching my heart out, and I die on the spot, my chin hits the pulpit - boom! - and I'm down and out. What a way to die!
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Joel Osteen
American Clergyman
My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places.
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Hector Hugh Munro
British Novelist
He spends his life explaining from his pulpit that the glory of Christianity consists in the fact that though it is not true it has been found necessary to invent it.
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Dr. Seuss
American Writer
Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books.
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Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
Every voice with a national bully pulpit that is willing to take on the lies of the anti-cop Left is still vitally important.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
If we had more hell in the pulpit, we would have less hell in the pew.
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Edmund Burke
Irish Statesman
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
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Susan B. Anthony
American Activist
The worst enemy women have is in the pulpit.
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