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A raised dais called a bema formed part of many large basilican churches.
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The ambo and bema were connected by the solea, a raised walkway enclosed by a railing or low wall.
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The grassy area in front of the bema was in ancient times an area of bare rock, in which about 6,000 men could stand.
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The two smaller compartments and apses at the sides of the bema were sacristies, the diaconicon and prothesis.
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At the first service we went to she deemed the rabbi as someone who thought he was god on the bema and we never returned.
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Eventually, the whole bema was filled.
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To the west of it is the sanctuary which features three vaults which hosted the bema, the prothesis and the diaconicon.
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To the east stands the bema, or sanctuary, often separated from the naos by templon or, in later churches, by an iconostasis.
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The altar stands in the central bay, or bema, which is sometimes provided with a synthronon, or bench, where the clergy may sit.
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- Chancel: area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
- The bema u2014 or bima u2014 is an elevated platform. In ancient Athens, it was used as an orator's podium. In synagogues, it is also known as a bimah and is for Torah reading during services. In an Orthodox synagogue, a bema is the raised area around the aron kodesh, or the sanctuary. In antiquity it was made of stone, but in modern times it is usually a rectangular wooden platform approached by steps.
- The Valar (singular Vala) are fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. They are first mentioned in The Lord of the Rings, but The Silmarillion (published posthumously but assembled mostly from material written before The Lord of the Rings) develops them into the Powers of Arda or ...
- A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly; Raised area of worship in a synagogue upon which rests the Holy Ark containing Scrolls of Torah
- A raised platform or podium from which a speaker might address a court or on which a competitor in a music contest might play; for an example see the Delos Site Catalog (image, description) and Austin 1980.32.
