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Adais ordaïs (/ˈdeɪ.əs/ or/ˈdeɪs/,US also/ˈdaɪ.əs/but sometimes considered nonstandard)[1][2][3][4] is a raised platform at the front of a room or hall, usually for one or more speakers or honored guests.[3]
Historically, the dais was a part of thefloor at the end of amedievalhall, raised a step above the rest of the room. On this, the master of the household or assembly (e.g. thelord of the manor) dined with his senior associates and friends at the high table, while the other guests occupied the lower area of the room. In medieval halls, there was generally a deeply recessedbay window at one or both ends of the dais, which provided retirement or greater privacy than the open hall.[5] The dais area often had its own doorway for admission from the master's chambers, whereas most of the guests entered through a doorway leading into the main area of the hall.
Atmilitary parades, the dais is the raised, sometimes covered, platform from where the troops are reviewed, addresses are made, and salutes are taken. It can also have stairs and a throne.
Inlife drawing rooms ofart schools, the platform where themodel poses for the students is sometimes referred to as the dais.
A dais for givingspeeches is called arostrum.
The first written record of the worddais in English is from the thirteenth century. It stopped being used in English around 1600 but was revived by antiquarians in the early 19th century with thedisyllabic pronunciation. It comes from the Anglo-Frenchdeis, meaning "table" or "platform", which comes from Medieval Latindiscus, meaning "table", earlier "disc" or "dish".[4][2][6]
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dais".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 761.
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