minbar
/ˈmɪnbɑː
/(also mimbar)
noun
A short flight of steps used as a platform by a preacher in a mosque.In this regard, it might be compared to the minbar in a mosque, which was the place from which the loyalty of the community to a given ruler was publicly affirmed in the sermon each Friday....
- Messenger of Allah, you climbed up on the minbar and said, ‘Ameen, ameen, ameen.’
- There is an upstairs balcony for the ‘sisters,’ a mihrab - a kind of understated altar - and a minbar, or pulpit, an upright latticed box at the top of five carpeted steps from which the imam delivers the khutba, or sermon.
Origin
From Arabic minbar.