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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Bema

· Be·ma · IPA /ˈbiːmə/
01 n. A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
  1. 1.
    A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.(Gr. Antiq.)
  2. 2.
    That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.(Arch.)