Thesaurus results for BIMAH

bimah

noun

variants or bima

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as in altar

a raised platform in a synagogue from which the Torah is read He stepped up to the bimah for the reading.

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Recent Examples of bimah The rabbis had asked several members who’d made trips there to talk about their experiences while standing on the bimah, before the Acheinu prayer was read. —

Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 We were led by women instead of the all-male cast of rabbis that blanketed the other bimahs across town. —

Literary Hub, 1 Dec. 2025 Half was hidden in a safe under the bimah of a synagogue so that even the Germans could not find it. —

New York Times, 4 May 2022 On the bimah, Charlotte has shown her maturity — proving it even to herself. —

Kate Aurthur, Variety, 4 Feb. 2022

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Noun

Bells tolled through the misty Alpine mountain valley as hundreds of priests walked two by two to the altar under a tent to start the service and then again at the end.

— Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Near the sacrificial altar, the rest of the imperial family waits.

— Lavender Au, The Dial, 30 June 2026

Definition of altar

Noun

The church plans to continue upholding core Baptist principles, including congregational autonomy free from a hierarchy, a free pulpit and religious freedom, Hudson said.

— Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026
And Torres, the pastor born in Mexico, often speaks from the pulpit of the Biblical command to care for the stranger, telling his own story to evoke support for immigrants.

— Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026