noun (n)

• a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  ambo, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stump
  

  source: wordnet30
• The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table.(noun)

  source: webster1913