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"ref": "1915, Russell H. Conwell, Robert Shackleton, chapter IV, in Acres of Diamonds, His Life and Achievements",
"text": "Always, whether in the pulpit or on the platform, as in private conversation, there is an absolute simplicity about the man and his words; a simplicity, an earnestness, a complete honesty.",
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}
],
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"A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon."
],
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"enclosed",
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"minister",
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"preacher",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "minbar",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مِنْبَر"
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{
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "ambion",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "ամբիոն"
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{
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"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "pulpitu"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kafjedra",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кафедра"
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"roman": "trybuna",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "трыбуна"
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"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kador-brezeg"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "amvon",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "амвон"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "púlpit"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trona"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "講臺"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gong² toi⁴",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "讲台"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "講道壇"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎngdàotán",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "讲道坛"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "講臺"
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{
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kazatelna"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "prædikestol"
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"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kansel"
},
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"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "preekstoel"
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{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "predikejo"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "kantsel"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prædikastólur"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "saarnastuoli"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "saarnatuoli"
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{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chaire"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳatedra",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "კათედრა"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "with a stairway",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kanzel"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "not or just slightly raised",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ambo"
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{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Pult"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Predigtstuhl"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ámvonas",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "άμβωνας"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "báma",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "במה"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"raw_tags": [
"used to describe the platform in a synagogue where the rabbi conducts the sermon"
],
"roman": "bima",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"also",
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],
"word": "בימה"
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{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "szószék"
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{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "predikunarstóll"
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{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "katedro"
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{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "puilpid"
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{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "crannóg"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulpito"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"alt": "こうだん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "koudan",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "講壇"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seolgyodan",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "설교단"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kancele"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sakykla"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "propovednica",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "проповедница"
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{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prekestol"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kürsi",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "كرسی"
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{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "menbar",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "منبر"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kaunsel"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Pult"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ambona"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kazalnica"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "púlpito"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amvon"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "káfedra",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ка́федра"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cùbaid"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "проповједао́ница"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
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"word": "propovjedaonica"
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{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kazateľnica"
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{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prižnica"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "púlpito"
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{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "dungu"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"note": "in a mosque",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "mimbari"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "predikstol"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "pulpito"
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{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tam-mâat",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "ธรรมาสน์"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "katedra",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "катедра"
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{
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "káfedra",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ка́федра"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kazalʹnycja",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "казальниця"
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{
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "amvon",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "амвон"
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{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "tòa giảng"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "toà giảng"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "giảng đài"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "bục giảng"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "pirlodje"
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"code": "wa",
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"word": "pretchoe"
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"code": "wa",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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"word": "tcheyire di verité"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 14 19 2 9 1",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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"word": "pulpud"
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"glosses": [
"Activity performed from a church pulpit, in other words, preaching, sermons, religious teaching, the preaching profession, preachers collectively or an individual preaching position; by extension: bully pulpit."
],
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"links": [
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"bully pulpit",
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]
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "12 72 7 4 1 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kazannja",
"sense": "activity performed from a church pulpit",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "казання"
}
]
},
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"A raised desk, lectern, or platform for an orator or public speaker."
],
"id": "en-pulpit-en-noun-vZCP5qwL",
"links": [
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"desk",
"desk"
],
[
"lectern",
"lectern"
],
[
"platform",
"platform"
],
[
"orator",
"orator"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "11 13 54 8 6 8",
"sense": "place or occasion for public speaking",
"word": "soap box"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 13 54 8 6 8",
"sense": "place or occasion for public speaking",
"word": "tribune"
}
],
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{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podium",
"sense": "raised base for a speaker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подиум"
},
{
"_dis1": "20 14 55 3 2 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "raised base for a speaker",
"word": "puhujakoroke"
}
]
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Nautical",
"orig": "en:Nautical",
"parents": [
"Transport",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck. It is sometimes referred to as bow pulpit. The railing at the stern of the boat is sometimes referred to as a stern pulpit; other texts use the term pushpit."
],
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"bow",
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[
"deck",
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],
[
"stern",
"stern"
],
[
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nautical) The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck. It is sometimes referred to as bow pulpit. The railing at the stern of the boat is sometimes referred to as a stern pulpit; other texts use the term pushpit."
],
"topics": [
"nautical",
"transport"
],
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "nautical: railing at the bow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "preekstoel"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 17 12 51 10 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nautical: railing at the bow",
"word": "keulakaide"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A bow platform for harpooning."
],
"id": "en-pulpit-en-noun-ydRpQ1F1",
"links": [
[
"harpooning",
"harpooning"
]
]
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"code": "yue",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"tags": [
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "კათედრა"
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "katedro"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "ga",
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],
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "講壇"
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "설교단"
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "lt",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "no",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "ota",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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{
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "منبر"
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"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "pt",
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"masculine"
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ка́федра"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"masculine"
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"code": "sw",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"code": "sw",
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"note": "in a mosque",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"code": "th",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "ธรรมาสน์"
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"code": "uk",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ка́федра"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "uk",
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "tòa giảng"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "toà giảng"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "giảng đài"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"word": "bục giảng"
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{
"code": "wa",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "wa",
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{
"code": "wa",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "raised platform in church",
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"word": "pulpud"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kazannja",
"sense": "activity performed from a church pulpit",
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"word": "казання"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podium",
"sense": "raised base for a speaker",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "raised base for a speaker",
"word": "puhujakoroke"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "preekstoel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nautical: railing at the bow",
"word": "keulakaide"
}
],
"word": "pulpit"
}
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