pulpit


Definition: Meaning of, pulpit in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈpʊlpɪt /

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Singular Plural
pulpit pulpits
[countable usually singular]
  1. a raised structure inside a church at the front that a priest or minister stands on when they speak to the people
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pulpit used in phrases

  • bully pulpit (noun)
    1. a public office of sufficiently high rank that it provides the holder with an opportunity to speak out and be listened to on any matter
  • jack-in-the-pulpit (noun)
    1. common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
    2. common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
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