English-Thai Dictionary

pulpit

N นักเทศน์  nak-ted

 

pulpit

N พื้นที่ ยก สูง ใน โบสถ์  stage lectern puen-ti-yok-suang-nai-boed

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PULPIT

n.[L. pulpitum, a state, scaffold, or higher part of a stage. ] 1. An elevated place or inclosed stage in a church, in which the preacher stands. It is called also a desk.
2. In the Roman theater, the pulpitum was the place where the players performed their parts, lower than the scene and higher than the orchestra.
3. A movable desk, from which disputants pronounced their dissertations, and authors recited their works.

 

PULPIT-ELOQUENCE, PULPIT-ORATORY

n.Eloquence or oratory in delivering sermons. Pulpitically in Chesterfield, is not an authorized word.

 

PULPIT-ORATOR

n.An eloquent preacher.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PULPIT

Pul "pit, n. Etym: [L. pulpitum: cf. OF. pulpite, F. pulpitre.]

 

1. An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching. I stand like a clerk in my pulpit. Chaucer.

 

2. The whole body of the clergy; preachers as a class; also, preaching. I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers ) Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause. Cowper.

 

3. A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker.

 

PULPIT

PULPIT Pul "pit, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpit orator; pulpit eloquence.

 

PULPITED

PULPITED Pul "pit *ed, a.

 

Defn: Placed in a pulpit. [R.] Sit. .. at the feet of a pulpited divine. Milton.

 

PULPITEER

PULPITEER Pul *pit *eer ", n.

 

Defn: One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher; -- so called in contempt. Howell. We never can think it sinful that Burns should have been humorous on such a pulpiteer. Prof. Wilson.

 

PULPITER

PULPITER Pul "pit *er, n.

 

Defn: A preacher. [Obs. ]

 

PULPITICAL

PULPITICAL Pul *pit "ic *al, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit. [R.] -- Pul *pit "ic *al *ly, adv. [R.] Chesterfield.

 

PULPITISH

PULPITISH Pul "pit *ish, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching. Chalmers.

 

PULPITRY

PULPITRY Pul "pit *ry, n.

 

Defn: The teaching of the pulpit; preaching. [R. & Obs. ] " Mere pulpitry. " Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pulpit

pul pit |ˈpo͝olˌpit, ˈpəl -, -pət ˈpʊlˌpɪt | ▶noun a raised platform or lectern in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon. • (the pulpit ) religious teaching as expressed in sermons; preachers collectively: the movies could rival the pulpit as an agency molding the ideas of the mass public. • a raised platform in the bow of a fishing boat or whaler. • a guard rail enclosing a small area at the bow of a yacht. ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin pulpitum ‘scaffold, platform, ’ in medieval Latin ‘pulpit. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

pulpit

pul ¦pit |ˈpʊlpɪt | ▶noun 1 a raised enclosed platform in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon. • (the pulpit ) religious teaching as expressed in sermons: the movies could rival the pulpit as an agency moulding the ideas of the mass public. 2 a raised platform in the bows of a fishing boat or whaler. • a guard rail enclosing a small area at the bow of a yacht. ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin pulpitum ‘scaffold, platform ’, in medieval Latin ‘pulpit ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pulpit

pulpit noun from the pulpit she would speak great and moving things from her heart: stand, lectern, platform, podium, stage, dais, rostrum.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pulpit

pulpit noun stand, lectern, platform, podium, stage, staging, dais, rostrum; soapbox, stump; box, dock; Islam minbar; rare ambo, tribune.

 

Duden Dictionary

Pulpitis

Pul pi tis Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Pulp i tis |die Pulpitis; Genitiv: der Pulpitis, Plural: die Pulpititiden Entzündung der Pulpa 1a

 

Spanish Dictionary

pulpitis

pulpitis nombre femenino med Inflamación de la pulpa dentaria .

 

púlpito

púlpito nombre masculino Plataforma pequeña con antepecho que hay en algunas iglesias, desde donde se predica y se dirigen los rezos o cánticos religiosos .SINÓNIMO ambón .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pulpit

pul pit /pʊ́lpɪt /名詞 C (教会の )説教壇 (→church ).