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pulpit
English
Etymology
From Middle English pulpit, from Old French pulpite and Latin pulpitum (“platform”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?lp?t/, /?p?l-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?lp?t/, /?p?l-/
- Hyphenation: pul?pit
Noun
pulpit (plural pulpits)
- 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.
- (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.
- (Britain military slang, dated) A plane's cockpit.
- 1941 March 24, Life, p. 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’.
- 1941 March 24, Life, p. 85:
Synonyms
- (dated British slang for cockpit): office; see also cockpit
Derived terms
- bully pulpit
- wayside pulpit
Related terms
- ambo
Translations
Middle English
Alternative forms
- pulpet, pollepyt, pullpite, polepitt, pulpitte, pulpytt, pulpette, pulpite
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pulpitum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pulpit/
Noun
pulpit
- A pulpit (podium for religious oratory)
- A podium for non-religious oratory.
- (rare) A seat in a church for royalty.
Descendants
- English: pulpit
- Scots: poopit, poupit
References
- “pulpit, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-18.
Polish
Etymology
From Latin pulpitum (“platform”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pul.p?it/
Noun
pulpit m inan (diminutive pulpicik)
- (computing) desktop (the main graphical user interface of an operating system)
- pulpit, lectern
Declension
Further reading
- pulpit in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- pulpit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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pew
English
Pronunciation
- (US, UK) IPA(key): /pju?/
- Rhymes: -u?
- Homophone: Pugh
Etymology 1
From Middle English pewe, borrowed from Middle French puie (“balustrade”), from Latin podia, plural of podium (“parapet, podium”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (pódion, “little foot”), from ???? (poús, “foot”). Doublet of podium.
Noun
pew (plural pews)
- One of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually fixed to the floor and facing the chancel.
- An enclosed compartment in a church which provides seating for a group of people, often a prominent family.
- 2006 September 11, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers", The New York Times [1]
- At St. Patrick’s Cathedral, firefighters in dress blues and white gloves escorted families to the pews for a memorial service, led by Mr. Bloomberg, to honor the 343 Fire Department employees killed on 9/11.
- 2006 September 11, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers", The New York Times [1]
- Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold.
- 1659, John Milton, Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings Out of the Church, London: L. Chapman,[2]
- the sheep in their pews
- 1659, John Milton, Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings Out of the Church, London: L. Chapman,[2]
- (colloquial, humorous) A chair; a seat.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pew (third-person singular simple present pews, present participle pewing, simple past and past participle pewed)
- To furnish with pews.
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Etymology 2
Possibly from French putois (“skunk”) or puer (“to stink”) or a clipping of putrid.
Alternative forms
- P U, P.U., peeyoo, phew
Interjection
pew
- An expression of disgust in response to an unpleasant odor.
Translations
Etymology 3
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
pew
- Representative of the sound made by the firing of a gun.
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
- EWP, WEP, wep
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