BEMA

PRONUNCIATION: (BEE-muh)
plural bemata, bemas

Ed.: I've seen it more often as "BIMA"

MEANING: noun: 1. A platform for speaking. 2. An area around the altar in a place of worship.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek bema (step, platform), from bainein (to go). Earliest documented use: 1683.
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ABEMA - dyslexic protozoan

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