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pew

[pyoo]

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(in a church) one of a number of fixed, benchlike seats with backs, accessible by aisles, for the use of the congregation.
an enclosed seat in a church, or an enclosure with seats, usually reserved for a family or other group of worshipers.
those occupying pews; congregation.

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pew

/ ��ː /

1. one of several long benchlike seats with backs, used by the congregation
2. an enclosed compartment reserved for the use of a family or other small group
informal��a seat (esp in the phrase take a pew )

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Origin of pew¹

1350–1400; Middle English puwe < Middle French puie balcony < Latin podia, plural (taken as singular) of podium balcony. See podium

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Origin of pew¹

C14 pywe, from Old French puye, from Latin podium a balcony, from Greek podion supporting structure, from pous foot

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“We came from the idea that instead of him emerging from the shadows, he rises from a pew.”

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He might also inspire a resurgence of the faith in the United States, where many parish pews have been sparsely populated for decades.

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Hutchins wanted to get a camera angle of Baldwin, sitting on a pew inside a dusty wooden church, for a dramatic moment in the film.

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Her account, @not_a_priestess, is broadly light-hearted, whether she is poking fun at uncomfortable pews or showing the audience a day in her life.

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It’s why American civic life was long so remarkably robust, why the pews were filled on Sunday.

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