单词 | pew renter |
释义 | pew rentern. Now chiefly historical. A person who rents a pew for exclusive use. Frequently with depreciative connotation. 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 1804 Times 13 Nov. 3/1 On a contingent emolument in addition to this from the pew-renters. 1855 Which: Right, or Left? 313 Giving to its two hundred members and its four hundred pew-renters every generous latitude—how many evince a solemn, earnest interest in their own salvation. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. xv. 266 A polite preacher..would not like to mention anything painful to the pew-renters. 1957 D. Pike Paradise of Dissent xi. 253 Protests from pew-renters who felt defrauded. 2003 Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser (Nexis) 17 Mar. a11 [He] is not a religious man, he is an intolerant pew renter. His actions prove he is ignorant of constitutional law and the Ten Commandments. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1804 |
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