1 A lectern 2 A raised platform, specifically one used in a public meeting for the speaker or speakers
A podium is a small platform on which someone stands in order to give a lecture or conduct an orchestra. In architecture, a pedestal on a large scale. It may be any of various elements that form the base of a structure, such as the platform forming the floor and substructure of a Classical temple, a low wall supporting columns, or the structurally or decoratively emphasized lowest portion of a wall. The term is also applied to other types of raised platform, such as an orchestra conductor's dais
A low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall; often used to refer to the base of tall buildings In classical architecture, the mass of masonry on the flat top of which a classical temple was built
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers