/'pʊlpɪt; `pulpɪt/
n
1 [C] (usu small) raised and enclosed platform in a church, where a clergyman stands when he is preaching （教堂中的）讲坛（通常指小型的）. =>illus at App
1 见附录1插图, page viii.
2 the pulpit [sing] (fml 文) (religious teaching of) the clergy 神职人员（的讲道）
*The policy was condemned (ie by clergymen) from the pulpit. 该项政策受到神职人员的谴责.

n [C usually singular]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin: pulpitum 'platform']
a raised structure inside a church at the front that a priest or minister stands on when they speak to the people
in/from the pulpit
　Rev. Dawson addressed the congregation from the pulpit.