BEMA

‖Be″ma (�), n. [[Gr. � step, platform.]] 1. 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. Mitford.
2. 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.