bema
Kelime Anlamı :
1. Ortodoks kiliselerinde mihrabm etrafındaki çevrili kısım.
Tanımlar :
1.
judaism the platform from which services are conducted in a synagogue. also called almemar.
2. eastern orthodox church the area of a church in which the altar is located; the sanctuary.
2. eastern orthodox church the area of a church in which the altar is located; the sanctuary.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
2. raised area of worship in a synagogue upon which rests the holy ark containing scrolls of torah.
2. raised area of worship in a synagogue upon which rests the holy ark containing scrolls of torah.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
2.
3. that part of an early christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.
4. erroneously: A pulpit.
2.
3. that part of an early christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.
4. erroneously: A pulpit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
in greek antiquity, a stage or kind of pulpit on which speakers stood when addressing an assembly.
2. in the gr. church, the sanctuary or chancel; the inclosed space surrounding the altar.
3. an architectural screen (iconostasis) with a curtain (amphithyra) at its doors, or, as was the case especially in early times, a curtain only, separates the bema from the body of the church. on either side of the bema are the para-bemata, called respectively the prothesis and the diaconicon. these regularly communicate with the bema, and in poor churches often have little more than an indication of separation from it. Rubrically they are often counted as part of the bema.
4. A step; a rough measure of length employed by the greeks and Macedonians when stadia were paced off, and not merely estimated by shouting.
2. in the gr. church, the sanctuary or chancel; the inclosed space surrounding the altar.
3. an architectural screen (iconostasis) with a curtain (amphithyra) at its doors, or, as was the case especially in early times, a curtain only, separates the bema from the body of the church. on either side of the bema are the para-bemata, called respectively the prothesis and the diaconicon. these regularly communicate with the bema, and in poor churches often have little more than an indication of separation from it. Rubrically they are often counted as part of the bema.
4. A step; a rough measure of length employed by the greeks and Macedonians when stadia were paced off, and not merely estimated by shouting.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia