mourner's benchn.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːnəz ˌbɛn(t)ʃ/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrnərz ˌbɛn(t)ʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mourner n.¹ 3, bench n.

Etymology: < the genitive of mourner n.¹ 3 + bench n. Compare moaner's bench n.

1. Chiefly U.S. A bench reserved for penitents at an evangelical revival meeting. Also in extended use. Cf. anxious bench n. at anxious adj. Compounds 2, Mercy seat n. 3, moaner's bench n.

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society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > of repentance

penitent form1563

repenting stool1567

stool of repentance1581

place of repentance1582

repentance stool1591

repentance seat1771

cutty-stoola1774

Mercy seat1818

anxious seat1827

anxious bench1832

mourner's bench1834

mourner's seat1845

moaner's bench1929

1834 F. Lieber Lett. to Gent. in Germany xvi. 312 These tents..are divided lengthwise by a bench about a foot high, and called the mourners' bench.

1857 P. Cartwright Autobiogr. xxvi. 403 You must go to the Methodist's despised mourner's bench.

1885 ‘M. Twain’ in Cent. Mag. Feb. 549/2 Folks got up..and worked their way..to the mourners' bench, with the tears running down their faces.

1891 Harper's Mag. Jan. 214/2 Everybody else war..convicted o' sin, an' at the mourner's bench.

1949 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 10 Apr. 3/3 What was the consequence of the vast effort of social Christianity to bring society to the mourner's bench?

1972 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 30 Dec. 4/3 The August meeting, the mourner's bench and the amen corner have gone out with stewards who yelled out ‘amen’ during the sermon.

1994 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 60 740 Optimistic denominational claims about how many of the truly rich found their way to the mourner's bench.

2. colloquial. A bench on which prisoners sit waiting to be called for trial, questioning, etc., in a court or prison. Now rare.

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1904 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Observer 27 July 4 In the city police court a motley crowd of prisoners filled the mourners' benches.

1912 D. Lowrie Prison 358 The boy seated himself on the ‘mourner's bench’, and the Captain went into his office.

1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 78/1 Mourner's Bench, a convict [sic] seated on a bench outside of prison board room awaiting a hearing before a parole board.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mourners bench
释义	mourner's benchn. Brit. /ˈmɔːnəz ˌbɛn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /ˈmɔrnərz ˌbɛn(t)ʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mourner n.¹ 3, bench n. Etymology: < the genitive of mourner n.¹ 3 + bench n. Compare moaner's bench n. 1. Chiefly U.S. A bench reserved for penitents at an evangelical revival meeting. Also in extended use. Cf. anxious bench n. at anxious adj. Compounds 2, Mercy seat n. 3, moaner's bench n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > of repentance penitent form1563 repenting stool1567 stool of repentance1581 place of repentance1582 repentance stool1591 repentance seat1771 cutty-stoola1774 Mercy seat1818 anxious seat1827 anxious bench1832 mourner's bench1834 mourner's seat1845 moaner's bench1929 1834 F. Lieber Lett. to Gent. in Germany xvi. 312 These tents..are divided lengthwise by a bench about a foot high, and called the mourners' bench. 1857 P. Cartwright Autobiogr. xxvi. 403 You must go to the Methodist's despised mourner's bench. 1885 ‘M. Twain’ in Cent. Mag. Feb. 549/2 Folks got up..and worked their way..to the mourners' bench, with the tears running down their faces. 1891 Harper's Mag. Jan. 214/2 Everybody else war..convicted o' sin, an' at the mourner's bench. 1949 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 10 Apr. 3/3 What was the consequence of the vast effort of social Christianity to bring society to the mourner's bench? 1972 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 30 Dec. 4/3 The August meeting, the mourner's bench and the amen corner have gone out with stewards who yelled out ‘amen’ during the sermon. 1994 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 60 740 Optimistic denominational claims about how many of the truly rich found their way to the mourner's bench. 2. colloquial. A bench on which prisoners sit waiting to be called for trial, questioning, etc., in a court or prison. Now rare. ΚΠ 1904 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Observer 27 July 4 In the city police court a motley crowd of prisoners filled the mourners' benches. 1912 D. Lowrie Prison 358 The boy seated himself on the ‘mourner's bench’, and the Captain went into his office. 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 78/1 Mourner's Bench, a convict [sic] seated on a bench outside of prison board room awaiting a hearing before a parole board. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834
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