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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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