pulpit
noun
pul·pit
ˈpu̇l-ˌpit 
ˈpəl-,
-pət
1
: an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service
2
a
: the preaching profession
b
: a preaching position
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Speaking at the pulpit of the city’s historic Tabernacle Baptist Church, the site of the first mass meeting of the voting rights movement, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said what happened in Selma changed the nation.
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Kim Chandler and Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
At the forum, citizens could shop, socialize and catch up on political news from the city’s leaders, who delivered speeches and edicts on the basilica’s pulpit.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
For Warnock, his legislative agenda is a reflection of his decades spent in the storied pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church, the same platform the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. served in Atlanta and where Warnock still preaches every Sunday as its senior pastor.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
Inside, marvel at the pulpit intricately carved of four local woods.
—Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Kim Chandler and Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
At the forum, citizens could shop, socialize and catch up on political news from the city’s leaders, who delivered speeches and edicts on the basilica’s pulpit.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
For Warnock, his legislative agenda is a reflection of his decades spent in the storied pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church, the same platform the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. served in Atlanta and where Warnock still preaches every Sunday as its senior pastor.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
Inside, marvel at the pulpit intricately carved of four local woods.
—Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Pulpit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pulpit. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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pulpit
noun
pul·pit
ˈpu̇l-ˌpit
also ˈpəl-,
-pət
1
: a raised platform or high desk used in preaching or leading a worship service
2
: the preaching profession
3
: a job as a preacher
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