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Topic: CHRISTIANITY

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: pulpitum 'platform'

pulpit

 noun
     
pul‧pit [countable usually singular]
RRC a raised structure inside a church at the front that a priest or minister stands on when they speak to the people
in/from the pulpit
Rev. Dawson addressed the congregation from the pulpit.
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