dais

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Noun

1. A [[raised]] [[platform]] in a [[room]] for a [[high table]], a [[seat#Noun|seat]] of [[honour]], a [[throne]], or other [[dignified]] [[occupancy]], such as [[ancestral]] [[statues]]; a similar platform [[support#Verb|supporting]] a [[lectern]], [[pulpit]], etc., which may be used to [[speak]] from. {{defdate|from c. 1800.}}
2. {{lb|en|historical|northern|_|Britain}} A [[bench]], a [[settle#Noun|settle]], a [[pew]].
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} An [[elevated]] [[table]] in a [[hall]] at which [[important]] [[people]] were [[seat#Verb|seated]]; a [[high table]]. {{defdate|13th–17th c.}}
4. The [[canopy]] over an [[altar]], etc.

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