dais

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Noun

1. 1
   A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from.
2. 2
   A bench, a settle, a pew.
3. 3
   An elevated table in a hall at which important people were seated; a high table.
4. 4
   The canopy over an altar, etc.
5. 5
   plural of Dai