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pulpit

/ˈpʊlpɪt/PUUL-pit
/ˈpʊlpɪt/PUUL-pit

Meaninga scaffold, platform

Common meaning: a preacher's stand

Journey through time

  1. Latinpulpitum‘a scaffold, platform, esp’source
  2. Old Frenchpulpitesource
  3. Middle Englishpulpitsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa scaffold, platform, esp → a preacher's standpulpit‘a preacher's stand’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pulpitum ‘a scaffold, platform’.

Roots

  • pulpitum Latin “a scaffold, platform”

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