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4 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing
originBorrowed from Ancient Greek βῆμα (bêma, “a step”). Doublet of bima.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0