footpace

as in altar
a raised platform (as beneath an altar) … [He] deposited his basket by the font, went up the nave …; then he knelt upon the footpace.Thomas Hardy

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Noun
  • The Vatican long ago had offered to help facilitate peace talks, and Francis had regularly called for peace and dialogue from the altar of the basilica.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Standing just off the main altar inside Santa Cruz Church, Ana María calmly pulled out her replacement phone — her original had been recently stolen.
    David Culver, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • From courthouses to study halls and pulpits to Senate floors, Black leaders have changed the world’s vision about what access to justice looks like in real time.
    Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • He has been suspended from his post more than once for such actions as adopting children and inveighing against Hillary Clinton from his pulpit during the 2008 election.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Footpace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footpace. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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