名詞 pulpit:

1. a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
   同義詞：dais, podium, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox

1. The policy was condemned (ie by clergymen) from the pulpit.
   該項政策受到神職人員的譴責。

pul.pit

n.（名詞）
An elevated platform, lectern, or stand used in preaching or conducting a religious service.
講道臺：在布道或主持宗教儀式時所用的講壇、小臺架或講臺

Clerics considered as a group.
神職人員的總稱
The ministry of preaching.
布道的神職
An elevated platform, such as one used by harpooners in a whaling boat.
如捕鯨船上的魚叉手所用的高臺

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Late Latin pulpitum
源自 后期拉丁語 pulpitum
from Latin pulpitum [wooden platform]
源自 拉丁語 pulpitum [木制臺子]