from the pulpit
idiom
: by priests and church leaders
The war crimes were denounced from the pulpit.
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For years, pastors were told that preaching on politics, let alone endorsing a candidate from the pulpit, could threaten their church’s tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service.
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Lauren Cooley, Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2025
Pastors are now permitted to make political endorsements from the pulpit without fear of their respective churches losing their tax-exempt status.
—Stephen Mitchell, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2025
The volunteers then sat in the basement of Marsh Chapel, at Boston University, and listened to a Good Friday sermon piped in from the pulpit above them.
—Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Sullivan was abducted in South Africa last Thursday after four men broke into his church and dragged him away from the pulpit, according to the Associated Press.
—Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Lauren Cooley, Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2025
Pastors are now permitted to make political endorsements from the pulpit without fear of their respective churches losing their tax-exempt status.
—Stephen Mitchell, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2025
The volunteers then sat in the basement of Marsh Chapel, at Boston University, and listened to a Good Friday sermon piped in from the pulpit above them.
—Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Sullivan was abducted in South Africa last Thursday after four men broke into his church and dragged him away from the pulpit, according to the Associated Press.
—Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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“From the pulpit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20the%20pulpit. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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