单词 | pew holder |
释义 | > as lemmaspew holder pew holder n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > [noun] > worshipper > having seat in church pew renter1804 sitter1819 pew holder1822 society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > pew > [noun] > one who owns or pays rent for pew renter1804 pew holder1822 1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 29 June 3/1 The candidates for the trusteeship were elected, by receiving the signatures of all the pewholders belonging to said church. 1957 M. McCarthy Memories Catholic Girlhood 21 The old Priest..declined to comply with her wishes and, ignoring his pewholder's angry interjections, spoke to me. 1990 Amer. Hist. Rev. 95 259/1 Carey shows that the lay trustees came from the propertied, prosperous middle class and represented a majority only of the pew holders and others who contributed enough to be entitled to vote. < as lemmas |
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