dais
Raised banquet platform
A dais is a raised platform at one end of a room, typically where speakers, honored guests, or officials sit or stand.
The word appears most often in formal settings—banquets, ceremonies, courtrooms: The bride and groom sat at the dais.
She approached the dais to accept her award.
Raised platform for speakers
- rostrumRaised speaker's platform
- stageRaised performance platform
- riserStair's vertical portion
- lecternTilted stand for texts
plinth · pedestal · stand · pulpit · bema · ambo · tribune · elevation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- banquetFormal celebratory meal
gala · reception · procession · honors · awards · commemoration · dedication · graduation
Central theme or speech
- addressSpeak to formally
- orationFormal public speech
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
- presentationFormal display to viewers
discourse · sermon · homily · proclamation · announcement · remarks · toast · declaration
podium
Raised platform for speakers
lectern · plinth · pedestal · stand · pulpit · bema · ambo · tribune · elevation · tier
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
banquet · gala · reception · procession · honors · awards · commemoration · dedication · graduation · convocation
keynote
Central theme or speech
presentation · discourse · sermon · homily · proclamation · announcement · remarks · toast · declaration · pronouncement
great hall
Large central meeting room
high table · manor · seneschal · bailiff · tapestry · throne · court · nobility · honored guests · head table
- ancient furnishingsbed, table, chair, bench, stool
- Military Paradesmarch music, marching, marchers, formation, formations
- pomp and circumstancegraduation, coronation, inauguration, procession, regalia
- throne'king, queen, crown, scepter, royal seat
- elevated surfacesplatform, stage, podium, ledge, shelf
- speaking platformspodium, lectern, stage, pulpit, rostrum
daisfloor
Indoor walking surface
pit · ground level · main floor · orchestra pit · well
daisspectator area
Seating for onlookers
gallery · auditorium · pews · stalls · bleachers