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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing;
[syn: chancel, sanctuary, bema]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bema \Be"ma\, n. [Gr. ? step, platform.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. --Mitford. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) (a) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel. (b) Erroneously: A pulpit. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bema n 1: area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing [syn: chancel, sanctuary, bema]