BEMATA

Noun

bemata

plural of bema

Source: Wiktionary


BEMA

Be"ma, n. Etym: [Gr. step, platform.]

1. (Gr. Antiq.)

Definition: A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. Mitford.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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