BEMA

Meaning of BEMA in English

[ 'bi:mə ]

■ noun ( plural ~s or ~ta 'bi:mətə )

1》 the altar part in ancient and Orthodox churches.

2》 the platform from which orators spoke in ancient Athens.

Origin

C17: from Gk bēma 'step, raised place'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

BEMA — noun see: come Date: 1683 the usually raised part of an Eastern church containing the altar, bimah
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BEMA — (Greek: "step") Raised stone platform originally used in Athens as a tribunal where orators addressed the citizens and courts of …
Английский словарь Британика
BEMA — ˈbēmə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Late Latin & Late Greek; Late Latin, from Late Greek bēma, from Greek, step, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEMA — (n.) Erroneously: A pulpit.
Английский словарь Webster
BEMA — (n.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part …
Английский словарь Webster
BEMA — (n.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
Английский словарь Webster
BEMA — ( n. ) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BEMA — ( n. ) Erroneously: A pulpit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BEMA — ( n. ) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BEMA — /bee"meuh/ , n. , pl. bemata /-meuh teuh/ , bemas . 1. Eastern Ch. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEMA — n. podium, stage, pulpit; raised platform holding the altar (in a church)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BEMA — noun Etymology: Late Latin & Late Greek; Late Latin, from Late Greek bēma, from Greek, step, tribunal, from bainein to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEMA — noun erroneously: a pulpit. 2. bema ·noun a platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. 3. bema ·noun that part …
Webster English vocab
BEMA — [be.ma] n [LL & LGk; LL, fr. LGk bema, fr. Gk, step, tribunal, fr. bainein to go--more at come] (1683) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEMA — (Greek bema, "step"), raised platform; in antiquity it was probably made of stone, but in modern times it is usually …
Britannica English vocabulary
BEMA — bem|a BrE AmE ˈbiːm |ə ▷ bem|as əz ▷ bem|ata ət ə AmE \ ət̬ ə
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BEMA — n. (Greek: "step") Raised stone platform originally used in Athens as a tribunal where orators addressed the citizens and courts …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BEMA — beam
Anagrams English vocabulary
BEMA — (историческое) возвышение (место алтаря в греческом храме, трибуна оратора и т. п.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEMA — Пресвитерий
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BEMA — n ( pl -ta) ист. возвышение ( место алтаря в греческом храме, трибуна оратора и т. п. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BEMA — (n) возвышение
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
BEMA — n ( pl -ta) ист. возвышение ( место алтаря в греческом храме, трибуна оратора и т. п. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BEMA — n ( pl -ta) ист. возвышение ( место алтаря в греческом храме, трибуна оратора и т. п. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BEMA — (историческое) возвышение (место алтаря в греческом храме, трибуна оратора и т. п.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEMA — n. Pronunciation: ' b ē -m ə Function: noun Etymology: Late Latin & Late Greek; Late Latin, from Late Greek …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ICONOSTASIS — noun (plural iconostases) see: stand Date: 1833 a screen or partition with doors and tiers of icons that separates the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PARABEMA — |parə|bēmə noun ( plural parabema·ta -məd.ə) Etymology: New Greek parabēma, from Greek para- para- (I) + Late Greek bēma bema …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIMAH — noun also bi·ma ˈbēmə ( -s ) Etymology: Yiddish bime, from Russian bima bema, from Late Greek bēma — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIMAH — /bee"meuh, bim"euh, bee mah"/ , n. a platform in a synagogue holding the reading table used when chanting or reading …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANTIPARABEMA — /an'ti par'euh bee"meuh/ , n. , pl. antiparabemata /-meuh teuh/ . either of two chapels at the west end of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIMAH — also bi·ma ˈbē-mə Etymology: Yiddish & Late Hebrew; Yiddish bime, from Late Hebrew bīmāh, from Late Greek bēma raised platform …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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