amud
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editamud (plural amudim)
- The lectern on the bima.
- 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 145:
- In many congregations it is customary for the Reader to chant Hamelekh while standing in his place or near the amud (prayer desk) and then to walk to it with a bowed head and to conclude, "Who is sitting on a high and lofty throne."