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Dais () is any raised platform located either within or without a room
Room

Room may refer to:* Room, any separated space or chamber within a structure**Room number**Classroom, a place to teach lessons*A discussion room, or Internet Forum, on the Internet...
 or enclosure, often for dignified occupancy, as at the front of a lecture hall or sanctuary.

Historically, the dais was a part of the floor
Floor

A floor is the walking surface of a room or vehicle. Floors vary from simple dirt in a cave to many-layered surfaces using modern technology. Floors may be stone, wood, bamboo, metal, or other material that can hold a person's weight....
 at the end of a medieval hall
Great hall

A great hall was the main room of a royal palace, a nobleman's castle or a large manor house in the Middle Ages, and in the country houses of the 16th and early 17th centuries....
, raised a step above the rest of the room.






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Dais () is any raised platform located either within or without a room
Room

Room may refer to:* Room, any separated space or chamber within a structure**Room number**Classroom, a place to teach lessons*A discussion room, or Internet Forum, on the Internet...
 or enclosure, often for dignified occupancy, as at the front of a lecture hall or sanctuary.

Historically, the dais was a part of the floor
Floor

A floor is the walking surface of a room or vehicle. Floors vary from simple dirt in a cave to many-layered surfaces using modern technology. Floors may be stone, wood, bamboo, metal, or other material that can hold a person's weight....
 at the end of a medieval hall
Great hall

A great hall was the main room of a royal palace, a nobleman's castle or a large manor house in the Middle Ages, and in the country houses of the 16th and early 17th centuries....
, raised a step above the rest of the room. On this the lord
Lord

Lord is a title with various meanings. It can denote a Prince#Prince_as_a_generic_word_for_ruler or a Examples of feudalism . The title today is mostly used in connection with the peerage of the United Kingdom or its predecessor countries, although some users of the title do not themselves hold peerages, and use it 'Courtesy titles in the U...
 of the manor
Manor house

A manor house or fortified manor-house is a country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor , the lowest unit of territorial organization in the feudal system....
 dined with his friends at the high table, apart from the retainers and servants. In medieval halls there was generally a deep recessed bay window
Bay window

A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room, either square or polygonal in plan....
 at one or at each end of the dais, supposed to be for retirement or greater privacy than the open hall could afford.