pulpit
noun
pul·pit
ˈpu̇l-ˌpit 
ˈpəl-,
-pət
1
: an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service
2
a
: the preaching profession
b
: a preaching position
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In every election cycle, presidential candidates from both sides of the aisle historically court Black men with a formulaic strategy: making stops at pulpits in churches, hosting barbershop talks, and appearing in roundtables at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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Briana Stewart, ABC News, 22 June 2024
Moreover, university leaders must possess and exercise the moral conviction to use the pulpits of their office to articulate views that include a stand for decency.
—Dr. Edward C. Halperin, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024
Last week, a Pennsylvania man jumped out of his seat at the front of a church and tackled an armed man who walked up to the pulpit and tried to gun down a pastor mid-sermon.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 May 2024
Phelps, whose mother was a founding member of the church, was practically raised there and has been behind the pulpit for the past twenty-nine years.
—Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
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Briana Stewart, ABC News, 22 June 2024
Moreover, university leaders must possess and exercise the moral conviction to use the pulpits of their office to articulate views that include a stand for decency.
—Dr. Edward C. Halperin, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024
Last week, a Pennsylvania man jumped out of his seat at the front of a church and tackled an armed man who walked up to the pulpit and tried to gun down a pastor mid-sermon.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 May 2024
Phelps, whose mother was a founding member of the church, was practically raised there and has been behind the pulpit for the past twenty-nine years.
—Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
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pulpit
noun
pul·pit
ˈpu̇l-ˌpit
also ˈpəl-,
-pət
1
: a raised platform or high desk used in preaching or leading a worship service
2
: the preaching profession
3
: a job as a preacher
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