Pushpit vs. Pulpit
Pushpitnoun
The railing at the stern of a boat.
Pulpitnoun
A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon.
Pulpitnoun
Activity performed from a church pulpit, in other words, preaching, sermons, religious teaching, the preaching profession, preachers collectively or an individual preaching position; by extension: bully pulpit.
Pulpitnoun
A raised desk, lectern, or platform for an orator or public speaker.
Pulpitnoun
(nautical) The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck. It is sometimes referred to as bow pulpit. The railing at the stern of the boat is sometimes referred to as a stern pulpit; other texts use the perhaps more appropriate term pushpit.
Pulpitnoun
A bow platform for harpooning.
Pulpitnoun
A plane's cockpit.
Pulpitnoun
An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching.
Pulpitnoun
The whole body of the clergy; preachers as a class; also, preaching.
Pulpitnoun
A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker.
Pulpitadjective
Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpit orator; pulpit eloquence.
Pulpitnoun
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
Pulpitnoun
a raised enclosed platform in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon
Pulpitnoun
religious teaching as expressed in sermons
Pulpitnoun
a raised platform in the bows of a fishing boat or whaler.
Pulpitnoun
a guard rail enclosing a small area at the bow of a yacht.
Pulpit
A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin pulpitum (platform or staging).
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