"preaching cross" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 73:",
          "text": "In the churchyard stands a rare 14th-century preaching cross.",
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        "A cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit, erected outdoors to designate a preaching place."
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