English-Dutch translations for pulpit

• kansel
  Vanuit onze ivoren kansel kunnen wij de moraal prediken, maar we moeten ons wel realiseren dat het zo niet werkt. We can preach morals from our ivory pulpit, but we have to realise that it does not work like that.
• preekstoel
• spreekgestoelte

Definition of pulpit

• A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon
• Activity performed from a church pulpit, in other words, preaching, sermons, religious teaching, the preaching profession, preachers collectively or an individual preaching position; by extension: bully pulpit
• The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck. It is sometimes referred to as ''bow'''pulpit''. The railing at the stern of the boat is sometimes referred to as a ''stern'''pulpit''; other texts use the term ''pushpit''
• A plane's cockpit

Synonyms

• cockpit

Related words

• Jack-in-the-pulpit
• pulpitis
• pulpiteer
• pulpit ceiling
• jack in the pulpit