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# pulpit

«pulpit» in Mova's school dictionary: **a raised, enclosed stand in a church, from which the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a pulpit, pulpits)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A pulpit is a raised, enclosed stand in a church, from which the priest or minister gives the sermon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulpit/#m1)

2) The pulpit can mean preachers or religious teaching in general, as in «from the pulpit». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulpit/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In RE and church visits, pupils learn the parts of a church: altar, font, lectern, pulpit and pews. In stories, a preacher speaks fiercely from the pulpit. Phrases: «from the pulpit», «climb into the pulpit», «a bully pulpit» (a strong position to speak from, USA).

### examples

- The vicar climbed the steps into the pulpit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulpit/#x1)
- The minister preached from the pulpit every Sunday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulpit/#x2)
- The old pulpit was carved from dark oak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulpit/#x3)
- From the pulpit, the priest asked people to help the flood victims. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulpit/#x4)
- On our church visit we saw the font, the altar and the pulpit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulpit/#x5)
- The pulpit was high so everyone could hear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulpit/#x6)
- Then he came down from the pulpit, and stood with his musket in front of the princess’s chest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulpit/#x7)

### note

Countable: pulpits. Said «PUL-pit» (the first u like in «pull»). A «lectern» is a stand for reading the Bible; a pulpit is for preaching, though small churches may use one for both.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pulpit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pulpit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.