pulpitum

noun

(in many cathedrals and large churches) a stone screen which divides the nave and the choir, often supporting a gallery or loft

Word Origin for pulpitum

C19: from Latin pulpitum a platform

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Examples from the Web for pulpitum

Historical Examples of pulpitum

It appears there were two screens, one called the Pulpitum and the other a stone screen supporting the rood-loft.
The Cathedrals of Great Britain
P. H. Ditchfield
How, I shall be asked, can the form of the bookcase or desk (pulpitum) be inferred from this catalogue?
The Care of Books
John Willis Clark
This loft was called in Latin the pulpitum, and it must not, as it often has been, be confounded with the pulpit to preach from.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.]
H. J. L. J. Mass
The actors usually spoke in the central part, called logeum, or pulpitum.
The Student's Mythology
Catherine Ann White