Definition of pew
1 : a compartment in the auditorium of a church providing seats for several persons
2 : one of the benches with backs and sometimes doors fixed in rows in a church
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Pew researchers said the popularity among younger adults might be connected to the digital resources libraries now offer.
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After Sunday's Mass, John King sat in a pew as the rest of the congregation filed out of the church.
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During those visits, including during his presidency, the couple worshipped at St. Mary’s, always sitting in pew 10.
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So, the day Murphy Wilson returned to church, his future fiancé was sitting just a few pews away.
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The Church’s playground surface — like a Sunday School room’s walls or the sanctuary’s pews — are integrated with and integral to its religious mission.
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Pew is careful to point out that its survey specifically asked about public library usage, hopefully filtering out time college students spent at university libraries.
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Purchased in an online auction, the focal point is surrounded by five black leather chairs and a wooden church pew.
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Pew researchers surveyed more 1,600 businesses nationwide in 2016, contacting owners, top executives and human-resources managers in an effort to identify the obstacles to, and motivations for, offering retirement plans.
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Origin and Etymology of pew
Middle English pewe, from Middle French dialect (Picardy) puie balustrade, from Latin podia, plural of podium parapet, podium, from Greek podion base, diminutive of pod-, pous foot — more at foot
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: one of the benches that are placed in rows in a church
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: one of the benches with backs and sometimes doors set in rows in a church
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