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pulpit

See also: púlpit

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English pulpit, from Old French pulpite and Latin pulpitum (“platform”). Doublet of pulpitum.

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pulpit (plural pulpits)

  2. (Christianity) A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon.
    • 1915, Russell H. Conwell, Robert Shackleton, chapter IV, in Acres of Diamonds‎[1], His Life and Achievements:
      Always, whether in the pulpit or on the platform, as in private conversation, there is an absolute simplicity about the man and his words; a simplicity, an earnestness, a complete honesty.
    • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 12:
      [H]is `Amens' were ejected at the pulpit with the severity of a reprimand.
  3. 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.
  4. A raised desk, lectern, or platform for an orator or public speaker.
  5. (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.
  6. A bow platform for harpooning.
  7. (UK military slang, dated) A plane's cockpit.
    • 1941 March 24, Life, page 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’.

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Middle English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin pulpitum.

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pulpit

  1. A pulpit (podium for religious oratory)
  2. A podium for non-religious oratory.
  3. (rare) A seat in a church for royalty.

Descendants

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  • English: pulpit
  • Scots: poopit, poupit

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin pulpitum. Doublet of pult.

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pulpit m inan (diminutive pulpicik)

  1. (computing) desktop (the main graphical user interface of an operating system)
  2. pulpit, lectern

Declension

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Declension of pulpit
singular plural
nominative pulpit pulpity
genitive pulpitu pulpitów
dative pulpitowi pulpitom
accusative pulpit pulpity
instrumental pulpitem pulpitami
locative pulpicie pulpitach
vocative pulpicie pulpity

Derived terms

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adjective

Further reading

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  • pulpit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pulpit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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