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Pulpit

A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands to conduct the sermon.

Elaborate pulpits include on overhead canopy.

Etymology: Latin "ulpitum": scaffold, platform, stage.

Equivalent platforms for speakers are the bema(bima, bimah) of Ancient Greece and Jewish synagogues, and the minbar of Islamic mosques.

Examples from Buffalo architecture:

• Illustration above: St. Ann RC Church
• Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
• St. Louis RC Church
• First Presbyterian Church
• Corpus Christi RC Church
• St. Francis Xavier RC Church -Buffalo Religious Art Center
• St. Mary of Sorrows RC Church -Buffalo Religious Art Center
• St. Luke's RC Church/ St. Luke's Mission of Mercy
• Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Annunciation
• Assumption RC Church
• St. Stanislaus RC Church

Other examples:

• St. Nicholas Church, Prague, Czech Republic
• St. Francis Xavier Church, Amsterdam, Holland
• Milan Cathedral, Italy
• Siena Cathedral, Italy