Examples of “pulpit” in a Sentence

noun A raised platform in a church where a preacher stands to deliver a sermon.

• The vicar climbed the steps to the pulpit.
• His sermon from the pulpit lasted almost an hour.
• The preacher stepped up to the pulpit and opened his book.

noun Preaching or the preaching profession in general.

• She felt called to a life in the pulpit.
• After years in business, he left his job and returned to the pulpit.
• Her father spent forty years in the pulpit before he retired.