pulpit

1. (Christianity, countable) 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.Examples: "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."countable

2. (metonymic, chiefly Christianity)metonymicallyuncountable

3. (metonymic, chiefly Christianity)metonymicallyuncountable

4. (metonymic, chiefly Christianity)metonymicallyuncountable

5. (metonymic, chiefly Christianity)Examples: "He seems like too timid a man to fill the pulpit at such a large church."countablemetonymically

6. (by extension) Bully pulpit.broadly