BEMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bema mean? 

• BEMA (noun)
  The noun BEMA has 1 sense:

1. area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing

  Familiarity information: BEMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bema; chancel; sanctuary

Hypernyms ("bema" is a kind of...):

area (a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function)

Meronyms (parts of "bema"):

choir (the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave)

Holonyms ("bema" is a part of...):

church; church building (a place for public (especially Christian) worship)