pulpit
/ˈpʊlpɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A raised platform in a church, sometimes enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon; also, the lectern on such a platform.
Countable
noun
Activity associated with or usually performed from a church pulpit; preaching, sermons, religious teaching.
Uncountable
noun
The preaching profession, office, or role in general; the pastorate, the priesthood, the ministry.
Uncountable
noun
Example Sentences
- "Always, whether in the pulpit or on the platform, as in private conversation, there is an absolute simplicity about the man and his words; a simplicity, an earnestness, a complete honesty."
- "[H]is `Amens' were ejected at the pulpit with the severity of a reprimand."
- "He seems like too timid a man to fill the pulpit at such a large church."
- "[Hooper:] Will you just please go to the end of the pulpit! [Brody:] What for? [Hooper:] I need to have something in the foreground to give it some scale. [Brody:] Foreground, my ass!"
- "In the slang of the Royal Air Force man, the cockpit of his plane is the ‘pulpit’ or ‘office’, the glass covering over it the ‘greenhouse’."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpʊlpɪt/
- British English: /ˈpʊlpɪt/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- British usage
- Dated
- Slang