Etymology

pulpitum

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Today it means: A massive, often decorative screen of stone or timber that divides the choir from the nave and ambulatory in medieval cathedrals and monastic churches. Full definition →

Latin pulpitum
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  1. Latin · borrowed frompulpitum
  2. English todaypulpitum

Unadapted borrowing from Latin pulpitum. Doublet of pulpit.

Words from the same roots

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