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Meanings of pew in English

Russian
стасидия
Spanish
banco de iglesia
Wikidata

Long bench seat or enclosed box, used for seating members of an audience.

        стасидия
        Portuguese
        banco de igreja
        Catalan
        banc d'església

        Long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation.

              banco de igreja
              Usage of pew in English
              1
              And I sat with the Lieutenant in his pew, in great state.
              The Diary of Samuel Pepys
              2
              I sobbed aloud in one pew and Mrs. Judge Reeves in another.
              Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe / Compiled From Her Letters and Jo...
              3
              The first glance revealed Alfred Hardie standing in the very next pew.
              Hard Cash
              4
              The nurse was in the pew too, with his son and heir.
              A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day
              5
              Showing the gallery of communication to the Seigneural pew, seen in face.
              Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe
              6
              She was trying to get at it now in the narrow pew.
              Women of the Country
              7
              We will give the passports to the man in that little pew.
              Rollo in Switzerland
              8
              The concert is free, but get there early to snag a pew.
              The Irish Times
              9
              They found perfect seats in a pew just beyond the deanery stalls.
              In the Wilderness
              10
              She saw them sitting in their pew far down toward the chancel.
              The Bride of the Mistletoe
              11
              The dispute, we understand, originated about a pew in the parish church.
              Highways and Byways in Sussex
              12
              When I say sure, they deposit him, aslant, onto the back pew.
              Lit: a memoir
              13
              This will make the pulpit more bold and the pew more manly.
              Around the Tea-Table
              14
              Marcia walked the brilliant strip and sat down in the minister's pew.
              A Son of the Hills
              15
              The girl whom he had introduced into the pew dropped her prayer-book.
              The Puritans
              16
              He gripped the back of the pew, hardly trusting himself to speak.
              Relentless Pursuit
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              Portuguese
              banco de igreja
              Pew through the time
              Pew across language varieties
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