Synonyms for pew

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pyoo

Phonetic Transcription : pyu

Définition of pew

Origin : late 14c., "raised, enclosed seat for certain worshippers" (ladies, important men, etc.), from Old French puie, puy "balcony, elevation," from Latin podia, plural of podium "elevated place," also "balcony in a Roman theater" (see podium). Meaning "fixed bench with a back, for a number of worshippers" is attested from 1630s.

noun long backed bench

Example sentences :

It was caused by the fall of Dr. Benson In the pew while kneeling in prayer.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

Our pew is well up in front,—seems as if I could see it now.
Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field

The pew we sat in was a square one, with a table in the middle of it for our books.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

The tomb was close by the side of the pew, with only a flagged passage between.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

She saw them sitting in their pew far down toward the chancel.
Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen

I was sitting in my mother's pew in the old church in Brooklyn.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Cautiously I opened the door, and felt my way from pew to pew, for it was quite dark.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

Could not you squeeze this funny little Britisher into your pew?
Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss

Went flashin' 'long from pew to pew, nor passed a sinner by.
Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various

He hired a pew in the Methodist church, and joined the "club."
Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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