pulpitum

/ ˈpʊlpɪtəm /

noun

1. (in many cathedrals and large churches) a stone screen which divides the nave and the choir, often supporting a gallery or loft

Word History and Origins

Origin of pulpitum¹

C19: from Latin pulpitum a platform

Example Sentences

The actors usually spoke in the central part, called logeum, or pulpitum.

From Project Gutenberg

I have not, however, been able to discover any ancient authority, from which it can be inferred that the representation of a Roman play was conducted in this manner by the reciting actor being placed either behind the scenes or pulpitum; and all authorities concur as to this strange division of dramatic labour, at least in the monologues of tragedies.621.Cicero,

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To us nothing can seem at first view more ridiculous, and more injurious to theatric illusion, than one person going through a dumb show or pantomime, while another, who must have appeared a supernumerary on the pulpitum, recited, with his arms across, the corresponding verses, in tones of the utmost vehemence and pathos620.

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On the proscenium a wooden platform, termed the pulpitum, was raised to the height of five feet610.

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The whole space or area behind the pulpitum was called the Scena, because the scenery appropriate to the piece was there exhibited.

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