[DOC] [TLE] Podium vs. Lectern | Manner of Speaking [PAR] Mar 10, 2012 ... Rather, its about the distinction between two mainstays of public speaking: the podium and the lectern.
 A podium (pl. podiums or podia) is the raised platform on which the speaker stands to deliver his or her speech.
 ... A lectern is a raised, slanted stand on which a speaker can ... [DOC] [TLE] Podium vs Lectern, What's the difference? - Platform Giant [PAR] Mar 19, 2015 ... Podium vs lectern, knowing the difference between the two may keep ... is the 
platform on which the speaker stands; it's an elevated surface. [DOC] [TLE] Pulpit - Wikipedia [PAR] Pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word 
is the Latin pulpitum (platform or staging). .... Despite its name, this structure 
usually more closely resembles a lectern than the ambon of the Eastern Rites. [DOC] [TLE] Lecterns Are Not Podiums  American Scientist [PAR] And the two terms have never been considered interchangeable in the sense of 
allowing a raised platform to be called a lectern. So it's useful to keep the terms... [DOC] [TLE] Clinton to use a custom lectern to reduce height difference with ... [PAR] Sep 25, 2016 ... It's not the first time short presidential candidates got a boost for a ... stood on a 
sloping platform that was hidden behind his lectern to be better matched ... two 
lecterns  a short one and tall one raised internally with plywood. [DOC] [TLE] Professional Style - Lectern vs. Podium - Double W Communications [PAR] Well, that tall piece of furniture that you use to hold your speech is not the podium
; it's a lectern. The podium is the raised platform on which you stand. So why... [DOC] [TLE] Dais - definition of dais by The Free Dictionary [PAR] a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc
. ... lectern, podium, dais, rostrum - A lectern is the stand on which the speaker's 
.... in the door, be deterred from entrance by its owlish aspect and by the drawl,... [DOC] [TLE] After You Podium, Give Speeches at a Lectern - Copyediting.com [PAR] Apr 23, 2015 ... A lectern can serve as a microphone stand, a place to rest a laptop or notes ... It's 
a raised platform that may contain seats for honored guests or... [DOC] [TLE] Owning the Podium (and the Lectern) : Word Routes : Thinkmap ... [PAR] Feb 25, 2010 ... An oft-heard word of the Olympics is podium, the raised platform ... but if Obama 
is "standing behind a podium," then it's the "lectern" meaning. [DOC] [TLE] Language Log  Semantic differential: Podium or lectern? [PAR] Mar 29, 2016 ... If you're wondering about the podium vs. lectern issue, the official ... a podium is a 
raised platform that you stand on ("a small platform on which a person ... That's all 
very well, but what about 'dais'? I suspect it's a word often... [DOC] [TLE] Toastmaster  February 2012 : MIND YOUR LECTERN MANNERS [PAR] Incidents like this are not uncommon in most clubs  and it's not always the ... 
The Oxford English Dictionary now defines a podium as a raised platform, first,... [DOC] [TLE] WHEN A PODIUM ISN'T A PODIUM [PAR] dium, lectern, rostrum, ambo, pulpit and dais. ... trum due to its historical signifi- ... 
A raised speaker's platform (what we might now call a pulpit) thus came to be. [DOC] [TLE] Church Architecture Glossary - Ken Collins' Website [PAR] When the household was conducting its business, the atrium was a busy place, 
filled with ... Since the dining room was a raised platform without a wall 
separating it from the atrium, .... The communion table stands centered behind 
the lecterns. [DOC] [TLE] Go to the lectern [PAR] refer to a podium, a rostrum, or a lectern, each time having in ... the tribune (a 
raised platform; the throne or stall of a bishop) ... is

Question: It's a raised platform for a lectern
Answer: dais