1. a raised platform, especially one at the front of a room for speakers or honored guests

Examples

• The principal stood on the dais to address the graduating class.
• A long table was placed on the dais for the wedding party.
• The judge’s bench sat on a marble dais in the courtroom.
• Guests of honor were seated at the dais during the banquet.
• The speaker stepped up to the microphone on the dais.
• Medieval lords would dine on a dais above their subjects.