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Bema
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
(2):
(n.) Erroneously: A pulpit.
(3):
(n.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bema'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/bema.html. 1828.