2. (figurative) A platform which one uses to speak their
mind.
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Either a podium, or a body of ideas a person [usually apolitical
candidate ] espouses.
It may be called a Dais.
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A senior monk on a slow-stepping horse (or padnag). Could mean an abbot (head of an abbey) (Preacher) on an ambling (amble-to make a statement (pre amble)).Pad (Platform) maybe like a soap box but for religious not political speaking. A preacher on a platform.