Usually means: Raised platform for public speaking.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. pulpit: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pulpit: Merriam-Webster
  3. pulpit, the pulpit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pulpit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pulpit, the pulpit: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pulpit: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pulpit, pulpit: Wordnik
  8. pulpit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pulpit: Wiktionary
  10. pulpit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pulpit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pulpit: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Pulpit, pulpit, the pulpit: Dictionary.com
  14. pulpit: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. pulpit: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Pulpit (Siena Cathedral), Pulpit (disambiguation), Pulpit (horse), Pulpit, The Pulpit (Washington): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Pulpit: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. pulpit: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. pulpit: Rhymezone
  20. pulpit: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. pulpit: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. pulpit: FreeDictionary.org
  23. pulpit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. pulpit: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pulpit: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pulpit: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pulpit: Easton Bible
  2. Pulpit: Catholic Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pulpit: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. pulpit: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Pulpit: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (Christianity) A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon.
noun:  Activity performed from a church pulpit, in other words, preaching, sermons, religious teaching, the preaching profession, preachers collectively or an individual preaching position; by extension: bully pulpit.
noun:  A raised desk, lectern, or platform for an orator or public speaker.
noun:  (nautical) The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck. It is sometimes referred to as bow pulpit. The railing at the stern of the boat is sometimes referred to as a stern pulpit; other texts use the term pushpit.
noun:  A bow platform for harpooning.
noun:  (UK military slang, dated) A plane's cockpit.

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