from the pulpit
idiom
: by priests and church leaders
The war crimes were denounced from the pulpit.
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The personal update was delivered from the pulpit while wearing a rainbow stole.
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Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 3 Dec. 2025
No one who spoke from the pulpit mentioned Trump’s name at the funeral.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2025
One of the pastors, who had prayed from the pulpit for Ryan, looked confused, a Bible in front of him on the table.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Wilson’s father, a Presbyterian minister, defended the Confederacy and slavery from the pulpit.
—Time, 14 Oct. 2025
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Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 3 Dec. 2025
No one who spoke from the pulpit mentioned Trump’s name at the funeral.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2025
One of the pastors, who had prayed from the pulpit for Ryan, looked confused, a Bible in front of him on the table.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Wilson’s father, a Presbyterian minister, defended the Confederacy and slavery from the pulpit.
—Time, 14 Oct. 2025
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“From the pulpit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20the%20pulpit. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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