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Bema
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noun
Bema
n.
1.
(Gr. Antiq.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
2.
(Arch.)
(a)
That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.
(b)
Erroneously: A pulpit.
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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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sanctuary
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choir
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