pulpit

as in altar
a raised flat surface where a priest or minister stands when leading a worship service The pastor ascended the pulpit.

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Recent Examples of pulpit For Warnock, his legislative agenda is a reflection of his decades spent in the storied pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church, the same platform the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. served in Atlanta and where Warnock still preaches every Sunday as its senior pastor. Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025 Inside, marvel at the pulpit intricately carved of four local woods. Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025 Some design highlights at Q Kansas City: four different murals, all by LGBTQ artists; a golden giraffe chandelier; and an eight-foot DJ booth on the dance floor inspired by a Catholic pulpit. David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025 Musk's pulpit moves strikingly faster — getting results within hours on Wednesday. Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pulpit
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Noun
  • According to the Associated Press, the pope began the outing by being pushed in a wheelchair while wearing nasal tubes, before he was brought to the front of the altar in the square.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Faith leaders gathered in Philadelphia on Thursday to erect an altar in front of ICE headquarters in a defiant protest against the Trump administration's decision to allow agents to make immigration arrests in churches.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Golden, at 21 years old and donning a radiant gold-and-black suit, grabbed the microphone on the podium in front of a crowd later announced as 205,000 people.
    Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • His brother Deion Sanders Jr. was also in attendance as the family collectively awaited to hear their surname called from the podium.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Pulpit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulpit. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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