English-Swedish translations for pulpit

• predikstol
  Vi kan predika moral utifrån vår predikstol i elfenben, men vi måste inse att det inte fungerar på det sättet.We can preach morals from our ivory pulpit, but we have to realise that it does not work like that.
  Äntligen stod prästen i predikstolen - inledningsorden i "Gösta Berlings saga" av Selma Lagerlöf

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