[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bema \be"ma\, n. gr. ? step, platform.
   1913 webster
   1. gr. antiq. a platform from which speakers addressed an
      assembly. --mitford.
      1913 webster

   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.
          1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bema
     n : area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir;
         often enclosed by a lattice or railing syn: chancel, sanctuary
see also:
chancel sanctuary 

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