| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure from which sermon is given |
| Synonyms: | desk, lectern, platform, podium, rostrum, soapbox, stage, stump |
| Main Entry: | platform |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stand or stage |
| Synonyms: | belvedere, dais, floor, podium, pulpit, rostrum, scaffold, scaffolding, staging, terrace |
| Main Entry: | podium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure from which speakers orate |
| Synonyms: | dais, platform, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stage, stump |
| Notes: | a lectern is the stand on which the speaker's notes are placed, the podium is the platform on which the speaker and lectern stand, a platform for several people is a dais, and a rostrum is a platform for one or more |
| Main Entry: | table |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | furniture upon which to work, eat |
| Synonyms: | bar, bench, board, buffet, bureau, console, counter, desk, dining table, dinner table, dresser, lectern, pulpit, sideboard, sink, slab, stand, wagon |
| Main Entry: | rostrum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | platform |
| Synonyms: | dais, lectern, podium, pulpit, reading stand, soapbox, stage |
| Notes: | a lectern is the stand on which the speaker's notes are placed, the podium is the platform on which the speaker and lectern stand, a platform for several people is a dais, and a rostrum is a platform for one or more |
| Main Entry: | rostrum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | podium |
| Synonyms: | dais, lectern, platform, pulpit, stage |
| Notes: | a lectern is the stand on which the speaker's notes are placed, the podium is the platform on which the speaker and lectern stand, a platform for several people is a dais, and a rostrum is a platform for one or more |
| Main Entry: | clergy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ministry of church |
| Synonyms: | canonicate, canonry, cardinalate, churchpersons, clerics, conclave, deaconry, diaconate, ecclesiastics, first estate, holy order, pastorate, prelacy, priesthood, rabbinate, the cloth, the desk, the pulpit |
| Notes: | clergy first meant 'learning, scholarship' and clerk had the original meaning 'man ordained to the Christian ministry' |
| Main Entry: | priesthood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clergy |
| Synonyms: | canonicate, canonry, cardinalate, deaconry, diaconate, ecclesiastics, ministry, pastorate, rabbinate, the cloth, the pulpit |
| Main Entry: | ministry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the clergy |
| Synonyms: | clergy, clergymen, clericals, clerics, ecclesiastics, prelacy, priesthood, the cloth, the pulpit, vicarage |