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Webster 1913 Edition
Dais
Da′is
(dā′ĭs)
, Noun.
[OE.
deis
, des
, table, dais, OF. deis
table, F. dais
a canopy, L. discus
a quoit, a dish (from the shape), LL., table, fr. Gr. [GREEK]
a quoit, a dish. See Dish
.] 1.
The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table.
[Obs.]
2.
A platform slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests.
3.
A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity.
[Obs.]
Shiply.
Definition 2024
dais
dais
See also: daïs
English
Alternative forms
Noun
dais (plural daises)
- A raised platform in a room for dignified occupancy.
- 1922, Sinclair Lewis, “14”, in Babbitt:
- Babbitt's party politely edged through them and into the whitewashed room, at the front of which was a dais with a red-plush throne and a pine altar painted watery blue, as used nightly by the Grand Masters and Supreme Potentates of innumerable lodges.
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Synonyms
- (raised platform): podium
Translations
raised platform
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