in the pulpit

idiom

: as priests or church leaders : in the priesthood
People have different opinions about women in the pulpit.

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Standing recently in the pulpit of City Tabernacle Seventh Day Adventist Church in West Harlem, Mr. Myrie laid out a vision to fight President Trump, build more housing and tackle gun violence as the crowd gave its approval with nods and amens. Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 1 May 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 In his last years in the pulpit, Murray refused to slow down. Gayle Pollard-Terry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for in the pulpit

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“In the pulpit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20pulpit. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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