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 In stills from the live stream, The Equalizer star could be seen sitting on the pulpit in a gray T-shirt and black sweatpants, watching up as his wife spoke. Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024 Born in Wichita, Kansas, and also educated at Bishop College, Marvin C. Griffin spoke from the Ebenezer pulpit from 1968 to 2011. Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 12 May 2024 Both are examples of populist-leaning pulpits where alternative narratives often flourish and all speech, even hate speech, is allowed, leading many on the Left to criticize them for fomenting alleged disinformation. Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Dec. 2024 Across the room, near where the pulpit would be, sits a sculpture of chunky, red, antiquated computer monitors flashing bygone web pages — a snapshot of the World Wide Web in 1997, and the earliest entry to the Internet Archive’s enormous digital collection. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pulpit 

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“Pulpit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulpit. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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