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A raised stage where one person's words once moved kingdoms, mobs, and Sunday afternoons alike
originFrom Latin pulpitum, meaning a stage or scaffold
bully referenceBully pulpit was Teddy Roosevelt's term for the presidency
height mattersElevated so the congregation literally looks up to preaching
hourglass toolSome held timers to keep sermons mercifully short
sounding boardOverhead canopies projected the voice before microphones existed