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Basilica area
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bema
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bema is a genus of snout moths . It was described by Dyar, in 1914, and is known from Panama and St. Thomas .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing [syn: chancel , sanctuary ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bema \Be"ma\, n. [Gr. ? step, platform.] (Gr. Antiq.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. --Mitford. (Arch.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel. Erroneously: ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. 2 Raised area of worship in a synagogue upon which rests the Holy Ark containing Scrolls of Torah.
Usage examples of bema.
The enclosure of the bema, with its columns and entablatures, was of silver gilt, and set with gems and pearls.
At the opposite end of the nave a door could be glimpsed behind the bema that contained the shrine to the four greater gods.
The main room of the temple has high beams and a fluted ceiling, pews neatly set like teeth and a bema covered with a rectangle of blue velvet.
He lifted the name of the heroine, Bema, from the label of a can of condensed milk.
Hebrew Studies at the university was at the bema, the altar, leading the prayers.
One of the three professors who taught Hebrew Studies at the university was at the bema, leading the prayers.
In the distance was the ancient, but still almost perfect Temple of Theseus, and close by, looking to the west, was the Bema, from whence Demosthenes thundered his philippics and fired the wavering patriotism of his countrymen.