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One of a set of three richly-ornamented cards, placed on the altar during a Tridentine mass, containing the texts of prayers.
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(Roman Catholicism) A stationary podium used for readings and homilies.
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A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
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The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
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A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from.
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(Scotland) Alternative form of dais [A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from.]
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Obsolete form of dais. [A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from.]
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A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (especially in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.
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Obsolete form of dais. [A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from.]
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(chiefly Canada, medicine) A state of affairs in which patients are assigned to and treated in beds or gurneys located in hospital hallways due to a shortage of hospital rooms.
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A room used for receiving guests, in some Egyptian buildings.
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Alternative form of markland [An old Scots unit of measure equal to eight ouncelands.]
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An officer in charge of the town walls, or their repairs.
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(India) A raised seat with embroidery and pillows for the back and elbow. This forms the seat of honor, as in the zenana, where it is the seat of the lady of the house, and privileged visitors are invited to share it as a mark of respect and favor. It is also the ceremonial seat or throne of a rajah.
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One of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually fixed to the floor and facing the chancel.
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An important and/or highly respected member of society
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(historical) A bench used to seat people at social events.
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A wrapped collection of sacred items, used in Native American ceremonies.
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(obsolete or historical, architecture) A series of seats, typically three, often recessed into the wall, on the south side of the chancel or choir, reserved for the use of officiating clergy.
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(military) A high-level military service award.
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A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
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A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
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the platform in front of the altar on which celebrating priest stands
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A bench placed around a tree
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