dais

• On the dais was a brilliant crowd of royal and semi-royal persons, among whom Constance sat engaged in animated conversation, and evidently enjoying herself. —  The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time
• On the table at the dais was silver plate, then a rare luxury, restricted to the highest classes, the articles being spoons, knives, plates, and goblets. —  A Forgotten Hero Not for Him
• Past this came a whirl of Indian cavalry with glittering sabres, and the Prince and Princess came on to the dais--more brightly dressed than they were in Oxford Street three weeks ago, the Prince in a white naval uniform with a little gold and a white helmet, an uncommonly becoming dress though so simple; the Princess in the palest pink with a suggestion of darker pink showing through, and a deep rose between hat and hair. —  From Edinburgh to India ; Burmah
• I imagine that I rather expected her to be enthroned or standing upon some sort of dais, and I am sure that I should not have been surprised had there been some artificial arrangement of lights as in a theatre to add effectiveness to the figure I followed Régnier through several rooms without raising my eyes. —  A Positive Romance 1898
• The horse was tethered in the hall by the old man Then he led Sir Geraint to a door upon the dais, and ushered him into the bower, and there he saw an old decrepit woman, sweet of look though thin and peaked. —  King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys ; Girls

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