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dais

(n): a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
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9 days ago chained_bear said:

In castles, a raised platform for the high table, at the end of the upper hall.

I had a job once at which people had occasion to use this term frequently, and they always pronounced it "dye-ess." Drove me batshit.

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