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pulpitum

pulpitum noun: a massive, often decorative screen of stone or timber that divides the choir from the nave and ambulatory in medieval cathedrals and monastic churches.

Noun

pulpitum (plural pulpitums or pulpita)

  1. A massive, often decorative screen of stone or timber that divides the choir from the nave and ambulatory in medieval cathedrals and monastic churches.

Forms of pulpitum

pluralpulpitums
pluralpulpita

Origin of pulpitum

Unadapted borrowing from Latin pulpitum. Doublet of pulpit.

Questions about pulpitum

What does pulpitum mean?
Pulpitum means a massive, often decorative screen of stone or timber that divides the choir from the nave and ambulatory in medieval cathedrals and monastic churches.
What part of speech is pulpitum?
Pulpitum is a noun.
What is the plural of pulpitum?
The plural of pulpitum is pulpitums.

Words near pulpitum in the dictionary

  1. pulpitizes
  2. pulpitizing
  3. pulpitless
  4. pulpitry
  5. pulpits
  6. pulpitum
  7. pulpitums
  8. pulpless
  9. pulplessness
  10. pulplike
  11. pulpmill

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