pew, church bench
(noun) long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pew (plural pews)
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.
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.
(colloquial, humorous) A chair; a seat.
pew (third-person singular simple present pews, present participle pewing, simple past and past participle pewed)
To furnish with pews.
pew
An expression of disgust in response to an unpleasant odor.
pew
Representative of the sound made by the firing of a gun.
• EWP, WEP, wep
Pew
A surname.
• EWP, WEP, wep
Source: Wiktionary
Pew, n. Etym: [OE. pewe, OF. puie parapet, balustrade, balcony, fr. L. podium an elevated place, a jutty, balcony, a parapet or balcony in the circus, where the emperor and other distinguished persons sat, Gr. Foot, and cf. Podium, Poy.]
1. One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; - - sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow.
2. Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold. [Obs.] Pepys. Milton. Pew opener, an usher in a church. [Eng.] Dickens.
Pew, v. t.
Definition: To furnish with pews. [R.] Ash.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 February 2025
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