PEW

Pew

A pew is a long bench seat or enclosed box, used for seating members of a congregation or choir in a church or sometimes a courtroom.

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pew

Noun

  1. One of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually fixed to the floor and facing the chancel.
    ''In many churches some pews are reserved for either clerical or liturgical officials such as canons, or for prominent families
  2. An enclosed compartment in a church which provides seating for a group of people, often a prominent family.
  3. Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold.

Verb

  1. To furnish with pews.

Interjection

Interjection (etymology 2)

  1. Representative of the sound made by the firing of a machine gun.


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