Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PUL'PIT
PULP'I-NESSPUL'PIT-EL'O-QUENCE, or PUL'PIT-OR'A-TO-RY
PUL'PIT, n. [L. pulpitum, a stage, scaffold, or higher part of a stage; It. and Sp. pulpito; Fr. pupitre.]
- An elevated place or inclosed stage in a church, in which the preacher stands. It is called also a desk.
- In the Roman theater, the pulpitum was the place where the players performed their parts, lower than the scena and higher than the orchestra. – Encyc.
- A movable desk, from which disputants pronounced their dissertations, and authors recited their works. – Encyc.
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