pulpitum

British  

/ ˈpʊlpɪtəm /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of pulpitum

C19: from Latin pulpitum a platform

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Example Sentences

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pulpitum

The stage itself is called pulpitum or proscaenium, and the decorated background scaena.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell

At Herculaneum, on a balustrade which divided the orchestra from the stage, was found a row of statues, and on each side of the pulpitum, an equestrian figure.

From A History of Pantomime by R. J. Broadbent

The whole space or area behind the pulpitum was called the Scena, because the scenery appropriate to the piece was there exhibited.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop

The second screen, all traces of which have long disappeared, stood between the second pair of piers—i.e. a bay west of the pulpitum.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph) Massé

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.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph) Massé

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