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ambo
If there is one speaker's stand in the center of the front of the church, as is typical in churches with a lecture-hall floor plan, it serves the functions of both lectern and pulpit. The word ambo comes from a Greek word meaning æboth.
ambo, dais, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stump
platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
podium ...
Directly under the center of the dome is the ambo, from which the Scriptures were proclaimed, and beneath the ambo at floor level was the place for the choir of singers.
 See also: Architecture, Floor, Greek, Door, Medieval
  
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