| Main Entry: | pulpit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure from which sermon is given |
Synonyms: |
desk, lectern, platform, podium, rostrum, soapbox, stage, stump |
| Main Entry: | clergy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ministry of church |
Synonyms: |
canonicate, canonry, cardinalate, churchpersons, clerics, conclave, deaconry, diaconate, ecclesiastics, first estate, holy order, pastorate, prelacy, priesthood, rabbinate, the cloth, the desk, the pulpit |
| Notes: | clergy first meant 'learning, scholarship' and clerk had the original meaning 'man ordained to the Christian ministry' |
| Main Entry: | lectern |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reading desk |
Synonyms: |
ambo, platform, pulpit, reading stand, rostrum, stand, support |
| Main Entry: | platform |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stand or stage |
Synonyms: |
belvedere, dais, floor, podium, pulpit, rostrum, scaffold, scaffolding, staging, terrace |
| Main Entry: | podium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure from which speakers orate |
Synonyms: |
dais, platform, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stage, stump |
| Main Entry: | priesthood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clergy |
Synonyms: |
canonicate, canonry, cardinalate, deaconry, diaconate, ecclesiastics, ministry, pastorate, rabbinate, the cloth, the pulpit |
| Main Entry: | table |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | furniture upon which to work, eat |
Synonyms: |
bar, bench, board, buffet, bureau, console, counter, desk, dining table, dinner table, dresser, lectern, pulpit, sideboard, sink, slab, stand, wagon |
| Main Entry: | ministry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the clergy |
Synonyms: |
clergy, clergymen, clericals, clerics, ecclesiastics, prelacy, priesthood, the cloth, the pulpit, vicarage |
| Main Entry: | rostrum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | platform |
Synonyms: |
dais, lectern, podium, pulpit, reading stand, soapbox, stage |
| Main Entry: | rostrum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | podium |
Synonyms: |
dais, lectern, platform, pulpit, stage |