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Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter stand behind lecterns during a debate prior to the 1976 United States presidential election. A lectern is a standing reading desk with a slanted top, on which documents or books are placed as support for reading aloud, as in a scripture reading, lecture, or sermon. A lectern is usually attached to a stand or affixed ...
In theatre, a platform (also referred to as a riser or rostrum) is a stationary, standard flat walking surface for actors to perform on. Typically, they are built to be assembled modularly. Typically, they are built to be assembled modularly.
The first written record of the word dais in English is from the thirteenth century. It stopped being used in English around 1600 but was revived by antiquarians in the early 19th century with the disyllabic pronunciation.
The term rostrum, referring to a podium for a speaker is directly derived from the use of the term "Rostra". One stands in front of a Rostrum and one stands upon the Rostra. While, eventually, there were many rostra within the city of Rome and its republic and empire, then, as now, "Rostra" alone refers to a specific structure.
An orchestra conductor stands on a podium so he can both see and be seen by the musicians. A podium (pl.: podiums or podia) is a platform used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings.
In other churches, the lectern, from which the Epistle is read, is located to the congregation's left and the pulpit, from which the sermon is delivered, is located on the right (the Gospel being read from either the centre of the chancel or in front of the altar). Though unusual, movable pulpits with wheels were also found in English churches.
[140] [141] At the front of the chamber is the rostrum containing the green marble desk for the President of the General Assembly, Secretary-General and Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs and Conference Services, as well as a matching lectern for speakers. [16] [142] [143] Behind the rostrum is the UN emblem on a gold background.
Rostrum may refer to: Any kind of a platform for a speaker: dais; pulpit; podium; Rostrum (anatomy), a beak, or anatomical structure resembling a beak, as in the mouthparts of many sucking insects; Rostrum (ship), a form of bow on naval ships; Rostrum Records, an American record label; The Rostrum, the official monthly magazine of the National ...