bema

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Different from the man of unruffled brow who ruled from the bema was he who paced the state cabin of the _Nausicaä_ a few nights after the evacuation.

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  1. noun Judaism The platform from which services are conducted in a synagogue. Also called almemar.
  2. noun Eastern Orthodox Church The area of a church in which the altar is located; the sanctuary.

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  1. Ultimately from Greek bēma, step, platform; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Greek βῆμα, a step, a stage, platform, from βαίνειν (√ *βα), go, = English come, q. v.
 

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/ˈbimə/
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