A pulpit -LRB- from Latin pulpitum `` scaffold '' , `` platform '' , `` stage '' -RRB- is a small elevated platform from which a member of the clergy delivers a sermon in a house of worship .

A pulpit -LRB- from Latin pulpitum `` scaffold '' , `` platform '' , `` stage '' -RRB- is a small lifted platform where a member of the clergy stands to read a Gospel lesson , or give a sermon .
