pulpit
n
1 [C] (usu small) raised and enclosed platform in a church, where a clergyman stands when he is preaching (教堂中的)讲坛(通常指小型的). =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page viii.
2 the pulpit [sing]
(fml 文) (religious teaching of) the clergy 神职人员(的讲道)
The policy was condemned (ie by clergymen) from the pulpit. 该项政策受到神职人员的谴责.