Bema
Bema stands for:
- Bema, ancient Greek βήμα "step", a raised stone grandstand on the market square ( agora ) of Greek cities, which was used for speeches, derived from:
- a raised presbytery in the early Christian basilica, see choir (architecture)
- the chancel of the Orthodox Church behind the iconostasis
- a podium for the clergy in the main room of the early Byzantine churches of Syria, the Syrian Bema
- Bima , a platform with a reading pulpit in the synagogue
- Bema (Lombardy) , a place in Lombardy
- Bema (unit) , old measure of length
BEMA is an abbreviation for:
- Evaluation standard of dental services in Germany
- Exhibition of machines for office automation BEMA in the USA
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Wiktionary: Bema - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
