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pulpit
(mass) | pulpit
- kazateľňa |
pulpit
(encz) | pulpit,kazatelna n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pulpit
(gcide) | Pulpit \Pul"pit\, a.
Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpit
orator; pulpit eloquence.
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Pulpit
(gcide) | Pulpit \Pul"pit\, n. [L. pulpitum: cf. OF. pulpite, F.
pulpitre.]
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1. An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in
which the clergyman stands while preaching.
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I stand like a clerk in my pulpit. --Chaucer.
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2. The whole body of the clergy; preachers as a class; also,
preaching.
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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.
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3. A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker.
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pulpit
(wn) | pulpit
n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give
prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium,
pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox] |
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pulpit
(mass) | pulpit
- kazateľňa |
jack-in-the-pulpit
(encz) | jack-in-the-pulpit,jarní lesní květina n: Zdeněk Brož |
pulpit
(encz) | pulpit,kazatelna n: Zdeněk Brož |
bully pulpit
(gcide) | bully pulpit \bul"ly pul"pit\, n.
An exceptionally advantageous position from which to extol
one's ideas; -- applied especially to the presidency of the
United States, which was described thus by President Theodore
Rossevelt.
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jack-in-the-pulpit
(gcide) | jack-in-the-pulpit \jack-in-the-pulpit\ n.
1. A common American spring-flowering woodland herb
(Aris[ae]ma triphyllum) having sheathing leaves and an
upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and
purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called
Indian turnip.
Syn: Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum,
Arisaema atrorubens.
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2. A common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate
spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring
and is a source of a sagolike starch called arum.
Syn: cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint, lords and ladies,
lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum.
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Pulpited
(gcide) | Pulpited \Pul"pit*ed\, a.
Placed in a pulpit. [R.]
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Sit . . . at the feet of a pulpited divine. --Milton.
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Pulpiteer
(gcide) | Pulpiteer \Pul*pit*eer"\, n.
One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher; -- so called in
contempt. --Howell.
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We never can think it sinful that Burns should have
been humorous on such a pulpiteer. --Prof.
Wilson.
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Pulpiter
(gcide) | Pulpiter \Pul"pit*er\, n.
A preacher. [Obs.]
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Pulpitical
(gcide) | Pulpitical \Pul*pit"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit. [R.] --
Pul*pit"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.] --Chesterfield.
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Pulpitically
(gcide) | Pulpitical \Pul*pit"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to the pulpit; suited to the pulpit. [R.] --
Pul*pit"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.] --Chesterfield.
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Pulpitish
(gcide) | Pulpitish \Pul"pit*ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to the pulpit; like preaching. --Chalmers.
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Pulpitry
(gcide) | Pulpitry \Pul"pit*ry\, n.
The teaching of the pulpit; preaching. [R. & Obs.] " Mere
pulpitry." --Milton.
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bully pulpit
(wn) | bully pulpit
n 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; "the American presidency is a bully
pulpit" |
jack-in-the-pulpit
(wn) | jack-in-the-pulpit
n 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 [syn: jack-in-the-pulpit, Indian turnip, {wake-
robin}, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens]
2: common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple
spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called
arum [syn: cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, {jack-in-the-
pulpit}, Arum maculatum] |
pulpit
(wn) | pulpit
n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give
prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium,
pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox] |
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