pulpitum

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noun

A massive, often decorative screen of stone or timber that divides the choir from the nave and ambulatory in medieval cathedrals and monastic churches.

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Meanings

nounpulpitum (plural pulpitums or pulpita)

plural pulpitums · plural pulpita

  1. A massive, often decorative screen of stone or timber that divides the choir from the nave and ambulatory in medieval cathedrals and monastic churches.

Origin

  1. Latinpulpitum
  2. Englishpulpitum

Unadapted borrowing from Latin pulpitum. Doublet of pulpit.

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APA

pulpitum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulpitum

MLA

“pulpitum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulpitum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pulpitum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulpitum.

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