Ambo

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ambo \Am"bo\, n.; pl. {Ambos}. [LL. ambo, Gr. ?, any rising, a
     raised stage, pulpit: cf. F. ambon.]
     A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian
     churches. --Gwilt.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ambo
       n : a platform raised above the surrounding level to give
           prominence to the person on it [syn: {dais}, {podium}, {pulpit},
            {rostrum}, {stump}, {soapbox}]