dais A raised platform in a room for dignified occupancy; the high table, historically at the end of a dining hall.
dentil A small, tooth-like square block, used in a row as a decorative feature in a cornice.
ambo, dais, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stump
platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
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The lower end of a great hall, opposite the lord's dais at the upper end, almost always had three doors: buttery, pantry, and passage to kitchen.
Parados - low wall in inner side of main wall, edging the wallwalk.
SolarPrivate upper chamber in a medieval house, accessible from the high or dais end of the great hall.
The seat under such a canopy of state would normally be raised on a dais. Emperors and kings, reigning dukes and bishops were accorded this honour.
Estrade - French term for a raised platform or dais. In the Levant, the estrade of a divan is called a Sopha, from which comes our word 'sofa'.
Window of one or more storeys projecting from the face of a building. Canted with a straight front and angled sides. Bow window curved. Oriel rests on corbels or brackets and starts above ground level; also the bay window at the dais end of a ...
 See also: Medieval, Architecture, Hall, Ground, Frame
  
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