pew
IPA: pjˈu
noun
- 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.
- A surname from Welsh.
- Initialism of pink-eyed white (mouse or rat).
verb
- To furnish with pews.
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Examples of "pew" in Sentences
- The pews are made of solid teak.
- Pew and Zogby are well respected.
- A pew behind the pulpit is dated 1607.
- He trusted the integrity of those in the pews.
- The pronunciation is like pew as in a pew in a a church.
- The roof of the nave is of red deal and the pews are oak.
- Many of the pews are Jacobean, as are the pulpit and the lectern.
- The pulpit, the pews, and the pew gates are the original furnishings.
- No stiff rows of pews obtrude their modern convenience upon your notice.
- The wooden pews were stacked along the walls, and 17 men peeled off their jumpsuits and lined up in rows in their boxer shorts.
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