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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In the basilica pews was the archbishop of Tehran, Belgian Cardinal Dominique Joseph Mathieu.
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Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
The happy news is that young people are filling the pews in our gorgeous churches.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
O’Neal picked this particular booth – a worn wooden pew of stark right angles, second on the left – to be his workspace a few weeks earlier.
—Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
As people packed every pew inside Holy Name Cathedral for Easter Mass on Sunday night, there were dozens of people left standing in the back.
—Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
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Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
The happy news is that young people are filling the pews in our gorgeous churches.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
O’Neal picked this particular booth – a worn wooden pew of stark right angles, second on the left – to be his workspace a few weeks earlier.
—Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
As people packed every pew inside Holy Name Cathedral for Easter Mass on Sunday night, there were dozens of people left standing in the back.
—Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Pew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pew. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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noun
: one of the benches with backs and sometimes doors set in rows in a church
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