pew.

A long seat or bench for members of a congregation, often fixed in a church.

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Words that belong together

• wooden pew
• front pew
• pew backs

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She slid into the last pew after the hymn began.

The pew’s polished back bore a line of tiny scratches.

Sunlight fell across the empty front pews.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular pew; plural pews. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.