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Definition of pulpit
1 : an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service
2a : the preaching professionb : a preaching position
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Recent Examples of pulpit from the Web
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Every single word went through the microphone into the pulpit!
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Pastors will now use his statement to support their condemnations of LGBTQ people from the pulpit.
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WASHINGTON – Churches should have the right to endorse political candidates and still keep their tax-free status, say House Republicans targeting a law that prohibits such outright politicking from the pulpit.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Churches should have the right to endorse political candidates and still keep their tax-free status, say House Republicans targeting a law that prohibits such outright politicking from the pulpit.
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Rev. Laney's words sparked substantial discussion about the role politics should play, if any, in the pulpit.
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In 2014, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared himself the leader of the Islamic State caliphate from a pulpit in the al-Nuri Grand Mosque in Mosul, Iraq.
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The mosque is where the Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ascended a pulpit in 2014 and declared a caliphate after his fighters took control of Mosul and swept through other areas of northern Iraq and Syria.
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The last public video footage of Baghdadi shows him dressed in black clerical robes declaring his caliphate from the pulpit of Mosul's medieval Grand al-Nuri mosque back in 2014.
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Origin and Etymology of pulpit
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin pulpitum, from Latin, staging, platform
Other Christian Religious Terms
PULPIT Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of pulpit for English Language Learners
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: a raised platform where a priest or minister stands when leading a worship service
PULPIT Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of pulpit for Students
1 : a raised place in which a clergyman stands while preaching or conducting a religious service
2 : the profession of preachers
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