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dais
  1. A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from. [from c. 1800.]
  2. (historical, northern Britain) A bench, a settle, a pew.
  3. (obsolete) An elevated table in a hall at which important people were seated; a high table. [13th–17th c.]
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The council meeting takes off as the Mayor clad in ceremonial attire takes the high backed chair on the dais at the stroke of the bell.”
      “Were they not inhibited Anglo-Saxons and had he been in their midst rather than standing on a raised dais, they would have assuredly hugged him.”
      “Only when I was standing on the dais did I feel that I had the title wrapped up.”
dai
  1. (chiefly North India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) A wet nurse; a midwife. [from 18th c.]
  2. Examples:
    1. “Mohan's thoughts have drifted back to India, his homeland, to Kaveri Amma, the woman who was his dai and looked after him when he was growing up.”
      “Following the tradition of her grandmother and mother, she served the community as a dai ben and was well known for her skill and care.”
      “The ao dai consists of a long mandarin-collared shirt that extends to the calves, slit at both sides to the waist.”
daises
  1. plural of dais.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “There were altogether 19 daises in the church, with the main dais in the middle being a makeshift during the inauguration.”
      “There are nine musical instruments used to accompany the Teodori which are approximately placed on the border of the upper and lower daises.”
      “The other altars are located on the upper end of the left and right lower daises, respectively.”
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