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pulpitn. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pulpit, pulpite; Latin pulpitum. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman pulpit, pulputte and Middle French pulpite (French pulpite (now regional), pupitre: see below) balcony, gallery (end of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), raised platform in a church from which a preacher delivers sermons (c1400 or earlier in Anglo-Norman; compare the continental French forms cited below) and its etymon classical Latin pulpitum scaffold, platform, stage, in post-classical Latin also pulpit in a church (3rd cent.; (from 8th cent. (frequently from a1150) in British sources), of uncertain origin, probably a loanword. Compare Spanish púlpito (first half of the 15th cent.; first half of the 13th cent. as †púlpite (rare)), Portuguese púlpito (15th cent.), Italian pulpito (first half of the 14th cent.).In continental French forms with inserted -r- predominate (compare post-classical Latin pulpitrum (14th cent.), variant of pulpitum ): compare Middle French pepistre , pulpistre , pupistre , poulpitre , poupitre , Middle French, French †pulpitre , French pupitre lectern, bookrest (originally in churches) (1357), pulpit in a church (1481; rare), portable bookstand or music stand (1768). The β. forms show vocalization of pre-consonantal -l- , the γ. forms additionally show infixed -m-. the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > platform or stand a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 101 (MED) In þat hous poetes and gestoures uppon a pulpet [v.r. pulput; L. pulpitum] rehersede poysees, gestes, and songes. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) ii. 897 (MED) Whil þat he in þe pulpit stood..Singinge his dites..Þer cam out men gastful of her cheris. 1535 2 Chron. vi. 13 Salomon had made a brasen pulpit [1611 scaffold],..vpon the same stode he. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye I. 254 Herode Agrippa..being gone up into the pulpit appointed for Orations..was suddenly stroken from heauen. 1611 Neh. viii. 4 And Ezra the scribe stood vpon a pulpit of wood [marg. Heb. towre of wood] . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 231 That I may Produce his body to the Market-place, And in the Pulpit as becomes a Friend, Speake in the Order of his Funerall. View more context for this quotation 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus 29 Demosthenes..lost that credit in the Camp which he gained in the Pulpit. 2. society > faith > artefacts > furniture > lectern or pulpit > [noun] c1390 in (1877) 1 54 Þe bisschop mad rede þat scrite, and aftur preche hit in pulpite. c1395 G. Chaucer 2282 With prechyng in the pulpit [v.rr. pulpet, pulput, pilput] ther he stood. a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker (1884) I. 649 Pulpitum, polepyt. c1465 in C. L. Kingsford (1919) I. 68 (MED) When the parson com home, he declared in the polepitt openly, that..the parissh shuld by the straw. c1520 M. Nisbet (1905) III. Epist. Auld Test. xv. 275 The first lessoun at the first messe, quhilk is sungin in the pulpet. 1549 (STC 16267) Firste Daie of Lente f. xxxi* The prieste shal goe into the pulpitte and saye thus. c1600 (1825) 187 A certayne minister, at his sermon in Glasgow, was pullit owt of the pulpet, and buffettit be the Laird of Myntois folkis, for bakbyting and sclandering. a1684 J. Evelyn anno 1650 (1955) III. 15 In the afternoone [I] wander'd to divers Churches, the pulpets full of novices & novelties. 1732 in W. Cramond (1903) 20 Plenshin for sarking, making doors mending pulpit..£15. 1777 J. Priestley (1782) I. Pref. 31 The doctrines publicly preached in the pulpits. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ix, in 3rd Ser. I. 260 Free and safe as..a canting presbyterian minister in his own pulpit. 1867 G. MacDonald I. i. 22 Out of the pulpit I would be the same man I was in it. 1870 F. R. Wilson 111 In front of this low screen..stands the oak pulpit. 1927 J. Buchan xvi. 269 He was by a unanimous decision suspended from occupying the pulpit and dispensing the Sacrament in the parish. 1931 V. Woolf 36 Dr. Crane mounts the pulpit and reads the lesson from a Bible spread on the back of the brass eagle. 1989 E. Dunlop xxii. 136 Mr Russell climbed into the pulpit in his plain black cassock, and the service began. 2006 (Nexis) 7 Apr. 1 Whether you choose to schedule a visit during the time your own pastor occupies the pulpit, or whether you randomly find perhaps a half-hour on Friday to reserve some quiet time in faith. 1599 in R. Hakluyt (new ed.) II. i. 169 [Santa Sophia, Constantinople.] The pillers on both sides of the church are very costly and rich, their Pulpets seemely and handsome; two are common to preach in. 1662 T. Taylor 25 When thou hast set down Scriptures that tell of the Jewish Temple, Synagogues, and Pulpit , thou askest if Christ and his Apostles did not report to these places to instruct the people? 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu 10 Apr. (1965) I. 399 On one Side is the Pulpit of white Marble [in the Mosque of Sultan Soliman]. 1836 E. W. Lane I. iii. 94 To the right of this [sc. the mehhra′b] is the mim′bar (or pulpit). 1950 40 389 Barzaeus was invited to deliver a sermon from the pulpit of the leading synagogue in Ormuz. 1991 A. Hourani i. ii. 28 A pulpit (minbar) where a sermon is preached during the noon prayer on Friday. a1616 F. Beaumont On Tombes in Westm. in (1663) sig. M2v Thinke how many Royall bones Sleep within these heap of Stones;..Where from their pulpits seal'd with dust, They preach, In Greatnesse is no trust. 1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. v, in sig. F8 The whole World would be a Pulpit, every Creature turn a Preacher. 1834 J. S. Mill in 8 173 The priest of the nineteenth century..sets up his pulpit in a newspaper office. 1868 T. T. Lynch (ed. 3) cxlvi. 178 A boat the pulpit whence He spake. 1990 18 Mar. 24/2 Alsop..eventually conducted his own column in Newsweek, occupying the pulpit that had been created for Lippmann in 1962. 2006 (Nexis) 27 Feb. 14 Some people shouldnt [sic] have children. Get down from the pulpit and get a life of your own. 3. In extended use. Any of various structures which give the occupant a conspicuous or elevated position, or enable him or her to direct or address others. society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > pew > [noun] > private c1390 (Vernon) (1930) 60 (MED) Þe Kyng to churche com ful riht..And in his þouht a sleep him tok In his pulput. 1485 Device Coronation Henry VII in W. Jerdan (1842) 22 The King and the Quene..shall retourne to their seages roiall and of estate, in the said pulpitt, wherin when thei are sett, the rulars of the quere shalbe gynne this postcommon, Intellige [etc.]. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > rails or mouldings > at bow or stern society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck > after deck > raised society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > platform for harpooner 1512–13 in J. B. Paul (1902) IV. 466 For ij dusane of sparris to the Gabriell to mak hir cowbryg for hir powpet. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil viii. iii. 46 Eneas tho..Maid ansuer from the pulpit of the schip [L. puppi ab alta]. 1888 G. B. Goode 250 All vessels regularly engaged in this fishery are supplied with a special apparatus, called a ‘rest’ or ‘pulpit’, for the support of the harpooner as he stands on the bowsprit. 1927 G. Bradford 135/1 Pulpit, the harpooning platform on the bowsprit of a sword-fishing vessel. 1938 Jan. 207 Since the R.O.R.C. ruling made it compulsory to carry the wire rail right round the stem, various attempts have been made to evolve a rail-head fitting. But Ortac's adaptation of the sword fishing pulpit seems by far the best... Fig. 10..The ‘pulpit’ at Ortac's stemhead. 1959 W. R. Bird v. 132 We noted the ‘pulpits’ constructed far forward for the use of the man who throws the spear. 1964 45 23 A pulpit is a raised safety-rail in the bows of a yacht or motor cruiser. 1979 (Nexis) 14 May Why was he standing after in the cockpit against the stern pulpit for so long? 1986 (Nexis) 1 Jan. A crew member aboard Drake's Prayer had touched the pulpit on Ragamuffin as the two yachts jockeyed for position at the start of the race. 1989 J. Casey (1990) 51 Dick put his harpoon by the pulpit, pigeon-holed his charts and notes in the wheelhouse. 1998 June 78/2 The fore-deck is a good area, with a sturdy pulpit round it which serves as the stowage for the anchor. society > trade and finance > trading place > place of auction > [noun] > auctioneer's desk or platform 1710 No. 268. 1 This Coffee-house being provided with a Pulpit for the Benefit of such Auctions that are frequently made in this Place. 1780 R. B. Sheridan iv. i. 42 Come, let us proceed to business—To your pulpit Mr. Auctioneer. 1885 W. P. Garrison I. viii. 232 The placard on the auctioneer's pulpit. 1930 31 July 17/5 The crowd..following the auctioneer as he moves his wheeled pulpit from lot to lot. 1999 (Nexis) 31 Oct. 1 c Auctioneer Corcoran descends from his pulpit and leads the band of bidders from item to item. society > occupation and work > workplace > factory > [noun] > control platform the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > place of observation > of machinery 1880 Dec. 62 Another shout, and the boy touches another lever in the gallery of levers, irreverently termed the ‘pulpit’. 1903 26 Dec. 1051/2 The operator of the hoisting motor stands in a pulpit above the floor. 1968 ‘A. Haig’ 122 They were sitting in the ‘pulpit’, three of them, above the bars of the rolling mill. 2006 (Nexis) 15 Jan. g2 It has modern computer controls, monitored from enclosed, elevated work stations called pulpits that are full of computer screens. society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > fuselage > cockpit or flight deck 1933 D. Grinnell-Milne i. ii. 96 The reason for its unofficial name—‘The Pulpit’—was all too obvious. A little three-ply box projected from the front of the machine... The wretched man in this box had..an unrestricted forward view. 1941 24 Mar. 85/1 In the slang of the Royal Air Force man, the cockpit of his plane is the ‘pulpit’ or ‘office’, the glass covering over it the ‘greenhouse’. 1942 1 Sept. 14/1 A fighter pilot climbs into the ‘pulpit’ of his plane. 2004 S. Bull 236 The gunner occupied the main cabin on takeoff and pulled himself through the fuselage on a board on rails to reach the tiny open pulpit at the rear. 4. society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > preacher > [noun] > collectively 1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer iv. f. 60 Do not the pulpettes of the Pope, perswade this martiall might? 1633 T. Adams (ii. 6) 621 The Pulpit can prove nothing so appositely..by Scripture. 1695 (1860) II. 50 The Bar, the Pulpit and the Press Nefariously combine To cry up an usurped pow'r And stamp it right divine. 1709 R. Steele No. 66 Little Parson Dapper, who is the common Relief to all the lazy Pulpits in Town. 1785 W. Cowper ii. 332 I say the pulpit..Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause. 1849 T. B. Macaulay II. vi. 123 [He] could not prevent the national sentiment from expressing itself through the pulpit and the press. 1854 R. W. Emerson Eloquence in (1906) III. 187 We reckon the bar, the senate, journalism, and the pulpit peaceful professions; but you cannot escape the demand for courage in these. 1863 W. Phillips xvi. 343 It is the duty of the pulpit to preach politics. c1930 E. M. Bounds xx Praying apostles will beget praying saints... A praying pulpit will beget praying pews. 2004 May 62/2 Even as he saw his bill through the Senate..and an uneasy House of Representatives, vilification rained from the pulpit. 1823 R. Gillan (title) The Scottish pulpit: a collection of sermons, by eminent clergymen of the Church of Scotland. 1871 (title) The Christian World Pulpit. 1900 T. R. Williams (title) The Greenfield Pulpit. 1997 (title) The African American pulpit... A quarterly journal of inspirational sermons. Compounds C1. attributiveand objective. c1454 R. Pecock 166 (MED) Summe sengil dyuynys..mych attenden into summys and sermons and bookis of pulpit ware. 1582 R. Browne Treat. 23 Matt. in R. Harrison & R. Browne (1953) 220 They answere with the bragge of their pulpit barking. 1609 sig. A3v Another in a rayling pulppet key, Drawes through her nose the accent of her voice. a1716 R. South (1717) V. 33 Filled with Wind and Noise, empty Notions and Pulpit-tattle. 1738 A. Pope 5 The gracious Dew of Pulpit Eloquence. 1781 M. P. Andrews ii. v. 29 The audience was remarkably brilliant, and myself not unfortunate in the display of what we call pulpit wit. 1828 24 904 The pulpit style has been always either rustically negligent, or bristling with pedantry. 1895 J. J. Raven 204 With caricature as well as pulpit-thunder he carried the war into the enemy's quarters. 1989 G. Wolff Introd. p. xvi I was a sucker for pulpit oratory (as long as it came delivered from a secular pulpit). 1546 J. Heywood ii. vii. sig. Iiv v For though this appere a propre pulpet peese, Yet whan the foxe preacheth, than beware our geese. 1650 J. Milton (ed. 2) 47 That men may yet more fully know the difference betwee[n] Protestant Divines, and these Pulpit-firebrands. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V lxx, in (1878) IV. 118 And Pulpit Drums awake the Iland round; All Boanerges. 1658 tr. G. Sinibaldi To Rdr. sig. A4 I shall not at this present imitate some long-winded Pulpit-thumpers. 1673 R. Leigh 11 Your weapons of offence..you might have reserv'd for some of your pulpit-officers. ?1705 E. Hickeringill 19 The Pulpit-prater, (that has his Religion in his Tongue and Eyes, I mean, his Sermon-Notes). 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla I. 564 Henceforth those Pulpit-Drones..let not a braggart of a Frenchman praise. 1824 R. Southey (1841) xiii. 230 Though he [sc. Bp. Pecock] censured these pulpit-bawlers, as he called them. 1903 A. H. Lewis 313 I'll have no pulpit-thumper doggin' me. 2003 (Nexis) 1 June (Features section) 16 The Cork-based Capuchin pulpit-thumper who founded the evangelical Pledge Movement in the mid-19th century. 1560 in R. Adam (1899) II. 97 Thre lang wedis to the pulpet heid, foure boltis to the fute. 1574 39 For sex keis to the poupet dowre ix s. ij d. 1631 J. Weever 49 A beaten-out pulpit cushion. 1641 in Hist. MSS Comm.: MSS Duke of Rutland (1905) IV. 531 in (Cd. 2606) LXIII. 301 Payd for the pulpet velvet and the velvet of the carriag, xli. xvjs. 1709 10 He brought this Archness down the Pulpit Stairs with him. 1725 3–10 July 2/2 Some evil minded Persons carry'd into the Presbyterian Meeting House..a stinking Sturgeon..and laid it on the Pulpit Floor. 1826 W. Scott I. i. 13 Strangled on the pulpit stairs by this man of buff and Belial. 1885 T. Morley II. cxxviii. 462 Many a clergyman, upon mounting his pulpit steps..suddenly remembered that there was nothing about Christ in his sermon. 1985 Spring 5/2 A range of materials was sold, from New Reader booklets to a pulpit Bible. 2003 (Nexis) 27 June 19 The minister picked up from the pulpit floor a rag doll. C2. society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cloth (general) > curtain or hanging cloth > [noun] > as a covering > to cover pulpit 1552 in (1869) 4 44 One pulpit clothe. 1655 J. Phillips 9 The other vows a purple Pulpit-cloth, With an embroyder'd Cushion. 1711 J. Addison No. 112. ¶2 He has likewise given a handsome Pulpit-Cloth,..at his own Expence. 1872 Mar. 317 Fragments of richly colored altar-pieces, fine pulpit-cloths, and pieces of old carving. 1998 41 946 Often particular attention was given to the decoration and placing of the pulpit, while elaborate pulpit cloths were bought or donated. society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > Christian symbols or images > [noun] > cross > monumental 1598 J. Stow 268 About the middest of this [sc. Pauls] church yard, is a Pulpit Crosse of timber, mounted vpon steppes of stone,..in which, are sermons preached..euery Sunday in the forenoone. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London vi, in III. 414 For many years there remained uncovered part of the church-yard, and the pulpit cross in it, like that which stood in St. Paul's church-yard. 1868 Dec. 674/2 He was appointed to preach at St. Paul's Cross, a pulpit cross erected in the churchyard of St. Paul's Cathedral. 1961 46 The Spital Cross was an ancient pulpit cross, which stood on what was once the churchyard of the old Priory of St. Marie Spital. 2002 L. Manley in D. Loewenstein & J. Mueller xiii. 407 Critics described the booksellers' stalls in Paul's Churchyard, adjacent to the pulpit Cross, as a ‘confused world of trumpery’. society > faith > church government > monasticism > friar > [noun] > preaching 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria iii. xi. f. 165 Iohn Cacedus the pulpitte fryer [L. pulpitarius] of the order of saynt Frances. the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > hourglass 1907 4 Nov. 4/7 Probably the most modern pulpit-glass in existence is that which adorns the pulpit of the Chapel Royal, Savoy. It is timed for eighteen minutes only, and was placed in the chapel in 1867. 1951 10 Dec. 1/5 (advt.) A Pulpit Glass. 1986 R. Doggett et al. 57 (caption) A pulpit glass in use in the 17th century. society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > preacher > [noun] 1581 W. Allen iii. f. 27v The popular pulpit-mens perpetual balling and railing against the Pope. a1684 J. Evelyn anno 1681 (1955) IV. 260 Dr. Hooper..is one of the first rank of pulpet men in the Nation. 1738 D. Neal IV. ix. 478 He was Preacher to the Society of Lincoln's Inn, and reckoned one of the most eloquent Pulpit Men of his Age. 1761 S. Haliburton (ed. 2) xv. 45 He might ha’ made a tolerable poupit-man. 1903 J. Morley III. x. v. 433 Platform-men united with pulpit-men in swelling the whirlwind. 2006 (Nexis) 11 Mar. 3 d George is a great pulpit man, a strong preacher who has brought so much to us. 1859 29 Sept. 8/3 Italy has produced but few preachers, and those only of the Gavazzi style—mere pulpit-pounders, with the delivery of a strolling player and the action of a mountebank. 1924 Sept. 98/2 The kindly, tolerant Father de Vere has given place to a half dozen pulpit-pounders who hurl politics at dull and stupid congregations. 1998 (Nexis) 13 Sept. a2 We'll leave it to the pulpit-pounders..to whip themselves into a froth. society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > at sermon 1619 Let. in J. Howell (1650) II. 4 Wheras Doctor Hall gave the Prince Palsgrave the Title of King of Bohemia in his Pulpit Prayer, he had a check for his pains. 1766 ii. v. 144 When we observe so many of our modern pulpit-prayers destitute of this brightest ornament, we regret the loss. 1871 22 July 226/2 It would be infinitely childish and ridiculous, as pulpit prayers too often are. 1968 87 (advt.) Here is a memorial collection of pulpit prayers written while Dr. Jones was pastor of Myers Park Presbyterian Church. 2004 (Nexis) 7 June 1 a The death of Reagan..touched off a wave of reactions..that ranged from kitchen-counter conversations to pulpit prayers. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > rails or mouldings > at bow or stern 1855 I. Taylor 47 So is this church packed and piled with human beings:—pews, aisles, ledges, pulpit stairs, pulpit rails, and sounding board! 1947 4 169 More than once he is said to have conducted services when only the support of the pulpit rails kept him from falling. 1958 S. A. Grau i. 42 Hector walked the full length of the boat and turning settled himself on the pulpit rail. 1999 May (Special ed.) 46/3 Safety is further improved by..a stainless pulpit rail providing all-round bow safety. 2004 (Nexis) 30 Dec. 45 The Christmas Nativity scene and Crib [were] placed on the communion table and inside the pulpit rails. Derivatives society > faith > worship > preaching > [adjective] > characteristic of pulpit as place of 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla II. iv. iv. 84 This the exordium of my pulpitable functions [Sp. funciones pulpitales]. 1994 25 91 It would be misleading to imply that death, despair, and adversity became dramatically less pulpitable commodities than hope and moral improvement. society > faith > worship > preaching > [adjective] > characteristic of pulpit as place of 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla II. vi. iv. 511 The famous pulpital performances [Sp. proezas pulpitables] of..Friar Gerund. 1846 E. A. Poe Colton in (1864) III. 27 He converses fluently,..but grandiloquently, and with a tone half tragical, half pulpital. 1935 G. Heard 17 Except for the Quakers, religion, whether sacramental or pulpital, has been increasingly intellectual. society > faith > worship > preaching > [adjective] > characteristic of pulpit as place of 1784 J. Brown I. 102 The pulpitary contentions between Popish and Protestant preachers was exceeding great. society > faith > worship > preaching > [adjective] > characteristic of pulpit as place of 1845 4 117 A slight poetical licence, a mere pulpitic exaggeration. 1894 C. Russell in C. F. Horne VII. 75 Defoe's..trick of representing in colors as tempting as possible the sins which with formal, pulpitic, hypocritical gravity he entreats you to avoid. 1998 M. L. Cobb in 113 1420/2 (title) Pulpitic publicity. 1647 J. Cleveland 41 Could I..roare like Marshall, that Genevah-Bull, Hell and damnation a Pulpit full. 1651 82 Mad Girl quoth I, then drink't I wooll Although it wear a Pulpit full. 1680 V. Alsop xiii. 99 Whether he gave..any encouragement..to vomit up a whole Pulpitful of Gall. 1931 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ (1993) I. 299 The tittlin' craturs..pit their umbrellas up when they come oot If mair than a pulpitfu' o' You's aboot! 1823 21 Nov. 2/5 Instead of being in the school of refined literature and science, they are merely attending a course of prelections, which will degenerate into a sort of pulpitish morality. 1913 W. W. Davis xviii. 471 He..delivered on occasions rather pulpitish political speeches, called on the name of Jesus from the stump. 2004 (transcript of radio programme) (Nexis) 23 Nov. I do try to write the way I think, but of course, that all changes as soon as I put it into words. And the more it does seem to be my thinking, the more pulpitish it sounds. 1872 H. W. Beecher i. 24 As it is dangerous personally, so it is dangerous pulpitly. 1853 14 409 The pulpitolatry of another arrangement is almost incredible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). pulpitv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pulpit n. society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > induction > induct [verb (transitive)] 1529 T. More i. xxii. f.xxx/1 Yet wold they long to be pulpetyd. 1865 E. Burritt vi. 209 Mat and seat the rotunda..; pulpit at the central column of the great buildings such men as her preaching rolls may supply. 1870 9 Apr. 126/1 The host of young men in every part of the country who are always on the look out for ‘an opening in the ministry’,—that is, an excuse for being pulpited. 1952 C. Seltman iii. 34 The defiant chapel of the Plymouth Brethren, pulpited and pewed in pitch-pine. society > faith > worship > preaching > preach [verb (intransitive)] c1540 [implied in: (1892) 39 Affter he had doone with his pulpitynge. (at pulpiting n.)]. 1617 King James VI. & I. in W. Sanderson (1656) 454 When I shall hereafter put my own Authority in use, I shall be pulpited, a Tyrant, Persecutour. 1643 J. Bramhall 67 I see not why the Observer should be so angry, that this Doctrine should be pulpitted. 1923 Houston Chron. 11 Oct. in (Nexis) (2001) 31 July a16 Houston is..staging one [attraction] and pulpiting another... The master mind theme of evolution is being aired from Houston pulpits. 1995 (Nexis) 7 Oct. 2 a It was the sixth anniversary of Bakker's PTL fraud conviction. He's back pulpiting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.a1387 v.1529 |
