Definition of "dais" in English

noun

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. (historical, northern British) A bench, a settle, a pew.

3. (obsolete) An elevated table in a hall at which important people were seated; a high table.

4. The canopy over an altar, etc.