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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The church held just eight wooden pews and had no air conditioning.
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Aaron Parsley, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Encouraged by her good friends, Gentry visits the Opry and, while seated in one of the vaunted venue's oak church pews, is suddenly transported to 1995.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Encouraged by her good friends, Gentry visits the Opry and, while seated in one of the vaunted venue’s oak church pews, is suddenly transported to 1995.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Blond wooden pews faced the altar, which had a painting by Sámal Mikines, one of the most renowned artists from the Faroe Islands.
—Katherine Lagrave, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
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Aaron Parsley, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Encouraged by her good friends, Gentry visits the Opry and, while seated in one of the vaunted venue's oak church pews, is suddenly transported to 1995.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Encouraged by her good friends, Gentry visits the Opry and, while seated in one of the vaunted venue’s oak church pews, is suddenly transported to 1995.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Blond wooden pews faced the altar, which had a painting by Sámal Mikines, one of the most renowned artists from the Faroe Islands.
—Katherine Lagrave, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pew
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“Pew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pew. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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pew
noun
: one of the benches with backs and sometimes doors set in rows in a church
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