English Dictionary

pulpit

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpʊlpɪt/

名詞

イギリス英語 古風 俗語

A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon.

日本語の意味

説教壇：教会内で牧師や説教者が説教を行うために立つ高く隆起した台

The preacher ascended the pulpit and began his sermon, his voice steady despite the anxious congregation.

説教者は教会の説教壇に上がって説教を始めた。緊張した会衆にもかかわらず、その声は落ち着いていた。

意味（1）

A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon.

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.

意味（2）

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.

意味（3）

A raised desk, lectern, or platform for an orator or public speaker.

意味（4）

(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 term pushpit.

意味（5）

A bow platform for harpooning.

意味（6）

(UK military slang, dated) A plane's cockpit.

In the slang of the Royal Air Force man, the cockpit of his plane is the ‘pulpit’ or ‘office’, the glass covering over it the ‘greenhouse’.

pulpits （ plural ）