pulpit

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}]
    

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 \Pul"pit\, a.
   Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpit
   orator; pulpit eloquence.
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Pulpit
(Neh. 8:4). (See {EZRA}.)
    

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "pulpit":
      ambo, apostleship, balcony, call, care of souls, catafalque, dais,
      desk, emplacement, estrade, floor, gallery, heliport, holy orders,
      hustings, landing, landing pad, landing stage, launching pad,
      lectern, pastorage, pastoral care, pastorate, platform, podium,
      priesthood, priestship, rabbinate, reading desk, rostrum,
      sacred calling, soapbox, stage, step terrace, stump, terrace,
      the church, the cloth, the desk, the ministry, the pulpit,
      tribunal, tribune, vocation