Vocabulary
Pulpit
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a raised enclosed platform in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon.
Urdu meaning
منبر، خطبہ گاہ،
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The message to eradicate religious discrimination must come from the pulpit.
- His sermon from the mosque`s pulpit cut through the noise.
- If a resident can understand the dissatisfaction at hand, why can`t those in the high pulpit of governance?
- For even marginal healing to begin, the process of accountability must be set in motion for those who spew bigotry and encourage violence from the pulpit.
- The Faiz Festival offers a pulpit to poets and writers.
Synonyms
stand, platform, lectern, podium, staging, stage, dais, rostrum; stump; soapbox, box,
Curator example
“many ministers delivered political guidance from their pulpits”
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