English Explanatory Dictionary

pulpitum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

pulpitum pulpitums pulpita

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin pulpitum. Doublet of pulpit.

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