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pew::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | church bench |
| Type of | bench |
Examples of pew
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As the first family sat in their pew, Smith did not hold back during his sermon.
From the dailyherald.com
President Bill Clinton prayed in the front pew before both of his inaugurations.
From the dispatch.com
It's across the aisle from No. 60, the box pew Washington bought for his family.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Bryan sat in the Lincoln pew while Smith recorded squeaks from different angles.
From the washingtonpost.com
If a pew floating into your front yard won't send you back to church, what would?
From the washingtontimes.com
She bought a church pew, also for her kitchen, from a convent that was closing.
From the philly.com
When he was asked to take a seat on the front pew, Rigby knew something was up.
From the al.com
Most Sunday mornings, you'll find me on a pew in the Rosecrest 1st Ward chapel.
From the sltrib.com
Jasmine's mother, Alicia Owens, sat in the first pew with close family members.
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- Long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation
- A pew is a long bench seat or enclosed box used for seating members of a congregation or choir in a church, or sometimes in a courtroom.
- Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold". ...
- One of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually fixed to the floor and facing the chancel; An enclosed compartment in a church which provides seating for a group of people, often a prominent family; An expression of disgust in response to an unpleasant odor
- (PEWS) platoon early warning system
- (Pews) Long, single, and usually permanent seats in the nave of a church building. In the earliest times there were no chairs except for the clergy, and the congregation "congregated" in the nave. Later individual seating was added particularly for older members. ...
- (Pews) The benches where members of the congregation are seated. Some churches have chairs rather than pews. In some very old churches you will find box pews - pews with very high sides, backs and fronts.
- (Pews) The traditional bench-long seats in churches. The term originated from the French word, PUIE, "a raised place," which was used to describe the boxed, balcony seats in a theater. ...
- Originally, Christians stood for worship, and that is still the case in many eastern churches. The pew, a long, backed bench upon which congregants sit, was an innovation of western medieval Christianity. ...
