bema

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
2. noun A raised area of worship in a synagogue upon which rests the Holy Ark containing the Scrolls of the Torah.

Similar words

chancel sanctuary podium platform rostrum ambo pulpit town hall lectern stage

Often followed by

and of in is was seat or to gold

Word family

bemas