Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who preaches from a pulpit; a preacher.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A preacher.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A preacher.

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Examples

  • O most gentle pulpiter! what tedious homily of love have you wearied your parishioners withal, and never cried ‘Have patience, good people!’

    As You Like It 2004

  • O most gentle pulpiter! what tedious homily of love have you wearied your parishioners withal, and never cried, ‘Have patience, good people!

    Act III. Scene II. As You Like It 1914

  • O most gentle pulpiter! what tedious homily of love have you wearied your parishioners withal, and never cried 'Have patience, good people!'

    As You Like It 1599

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