in the pulpit

phrase

: as priests or church leaders : in the priesthood

People have different opinions about women in the pulpit.

Examples of in the pulpit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Suddenly the lines about needing a hermit in the woods as much as a preacher in the pulpit came so much more alive from the endless horizon atop a watchtower. — Clint Bentley, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2026

There is a new pastor in the pulpit now, and Doug is grateful for that. — Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 25 June 2025

Reverend Bryant, the minister of a predominantly Black congregation, mellow in private but fiery in the pulpit, unites a community in death as in life. — The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025

People, whether in the pulpit or in the pews, have starkly different intuitions about what the conventions are and should be. — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024