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pew

(pjuː)
Word forms: plural pews
countable noun
A pew is a long wooden seat with a back, which people sit on in church.
Claire sat in the front pew.

pew in British English

(pjuː)
noun
1. (in a church)
a. 
one of several long benchlike seats with backs, used by the congregation
b. 
an enclosed compartment reserved for the use of a family or other small group
2.  British informal
a seat (esp in the phrase take a pew)
Word origin
C14 pywe, from Old French puye, from Latin podium a balcony, from Greek podion supporting structure, from pous foot

pew in American English

(pju)
noun
1. 
any of the benches with a back that are fixed in rows in a church
2. 
any of the boxlike enclosures with seats, in some churches, for the use as of a particular family
Word origin
ME pewe < OFr puie, balcony, balustrade < L podia, pl. of podium, balcony: see podium

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Examples of 'pew' in a sentence
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What we do see is the crowd of people sitting in the pews.
Christianity Today (2000)
No wonder the church pews are emptying out all across the country.
The Sun (2015)
And the end of these things is a death to all confidence between pulpit and pew.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
Couple that with a style that could have been designed to empty the pews and the church has a problem.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This would serve as his first costume as he walked proudly into the wooden pews facing each other on either side.
Chris Gidney CELEBRATING SECOMBE: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe (2002)
Music Sunday hymns in the family pew.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It has no dock, merely wooden pews for councillors.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He comes in for the services, sits in the front pew and leaves at the end.
The Sun (2015)
For us, its most memorable feature was the naive wooden pew ends carved into the shapes of supernatural beasts.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

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Chinese translation of 'pew'

pew

(pjuː)

n (c)

  1. (in church) 靠背长(長)凳 (kàobèi chángdèng) (张(張), zhāng)

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