“the pulpit”

The following 4 entries include the term the pulpit.

jack-in-the-pulpit

noun

: a North American spring-flowering woodland herb (Arisaema triphyllum synonym A. atrorubens) of the arum family having an upright club-shaped spadix arched over by a green and purple spathe

parson-in-the-pulpit

noun

from the pulpit

idiom

: by priests and church leaders

in the pulpit

idiom

: as priests or church leaders : in the priesthood


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