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BNC: 12123 COCA: 9905

pulpit

pulpit /ˈpʊlˌpɪt/ noun
plural pulpits
pulpit
/ˈpʊlˌpɪt/
noun
plural pulpits
Learner's definition of PULPIT
[count]
: a raised platform where a priest or minister stands when leading a worship service布道坛;讲坛usually singular通常用单数
often used figuratively常用作比喻
see also bully pulpit
BNC: 12123 COCA: 9905

pulpit

noun

pul·​pit ˈpu̇l-ˌpit How to pronounce pulpit (audio)
ˈpəl-,
-pət
1
: an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service
2
a
: the preaching profession
b
: a preaching position

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In his first year, pastor Rick Warren stood behind a pulpit that was cut and carved by one of the handful of his early congregants of the then-fledgling Saddleback Church in 1980. Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 For Szuster and Pavolotzky, sharing a pulpit was a necessity. Sun Sentinel, 26 July 2022 Directly after the casket was closed, Bishop Ellis took to the pulpit with his wife, Crisette Ellis, who gave opening remarks. Jasmin Barmore, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2022 The priest’s father had ascended to the pulpit at St. George’s after Ukrainian independence. James Verini, New York Times, 19 May 2022 Greg Skomal tagged a great white shark while standing on the pulpit of the Aleutian Dream as beachgoers at Nauset Beach watched. Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022 Behind the pulpit of the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, Pastor Billy Chang was in his element. Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022 At the Easter church service, the minister taunts him from the pulpit. Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 4 Aug. 2022 Instead, her mindset is a hate that has been passed down from the pulpit, by church leaders who endorse a doctrine that is caging people’s souls, ruining their ability to love and placing them in an entanglement of self-hate. Clay Cane, CNN, 21 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin pulpitum, from Latin, staging, platform

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of pulpit was in the 14th century
BNC: 12123 COCA: 9905

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