A cross set up in a burial ground or in a locality lacking a church, from the steps or raised base of which sermons were often preached; a preaching-cross.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in John Stow (d. 1605), historian.
Definition of pulpit cross in US English:
pulpit cross
noun
A cross set up in a burial ground or in a locality lacking a church, from the steps or raised base of which sermons were often preached; a preaching-cross.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in John Stow (d. 1605), historian.