noun
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.
(historical, northern British) A bench, a settle, a pew.
(obsolete) An elevated table in a hall at which important people were seated; a high table.
The canopy over an altar, etc.