Bema

[bi:mә]

(n.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.

(n.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.

(n.) Erroneously: A pulpit.

Inputed by Adeline

n. the tribune or rostrum from which Athenian orators made their speeches—hence the apse or chancel of a basilica.

Checker: Witt