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Princeton's WordNet
pew, church benchnoun
long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pewnoun
A seat inclosed in a church.
Etymology: puye, Dutch.
When Sir Thomas More was lord chancellor, he did use, at mass, to sit in the chancel, and his lady in a pew. Francis Bacon.
Should our sex take it into their heads to wear trunk breeches at church, a man and his wife would fill a whole pew. Addison.
Wikipedia
Pew
A pew () is a long bench seat or enclosed box, used for seating members of a congregation or choir in a church, synagogue or sometimes a courtroom.
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pew
A pew is a long bench with a back, placed in rows in the main part of some churches and used for seating the congregation.
Webster Dictionary
Pewnoun
one of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow
Pewnoun
any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold
Pewverb
to furnish with pews
Etymology: [OE. pewe, OF. puie parapet, balustrade, balcony, fr. L. podium an elevated place, a jutty, balcony, a parapet or balcony in the circus, where the emperor and other distinguished persons sat, Gr. po`dion, dim. of poy`s, podo`s, foot; -- hence the Latin sense of a raised place (orig. as a rest or support for the foot). See Foot, and cf. Podium, Poy.]
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Pew
A pew is a long bench seat or enclosed box, used for seating members of a congregation or choir in a church or sometimes a courtroom.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pew
pū, n. an enclosed seat in a church.—ns. Pew′-fell′ow, companion; Pew′-hold′er, one who rents a pew in a church; Pew′-ō′pener, an attendant who opens pews in a church; Pew′-rent, rent paid for the use of a pew in church. [O. Fr. pui, a raised place—L. podium, a front seat in the amphitheatre—Gr. podion, orig. a footstool—pous, podos, foot.]
Editors Contribution
Pew
Pew usually refers to the Pew Charitable Trusts or the Pew Research Center. Not an acronym. They were founded by a family named Pew.
Submitted by rinat on August 10, 2020
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PEW
What does PEW stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the PEW acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PEW
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pew is ranked #17398 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Pew surname appeared 1,622 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Pew.
84.1% or 1,365 total occurrences were White.
11.4% or 185 total occurrences were Black.
1.7% or 29 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.4% or 24 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pew in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pew in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of pew in a Sentence
I thought it was a good speech, now, in this particular case, dealing with my friend and brother Joe, if he was trying to get votes, it was not the vote-getting speech … I'm a minister. Either you get up, and you try to persuade people of their sins and appeal to their better angels. But when they come to church, and they still have the jug of whiskey up under the pew, you say, you’re going to hell. I think he gave a ‘you’re going to hell’ speech.
A poll by( the) Pew( Research Center) helps to explain why there has been such a large increase in concealed handgun permits among blacks and women. The poll shows a 25 percentage point increase in the proportion of blacks with a favorable view of gun ownership. This is the largest increase of any group.
Evangelical Christianity remains a central and vital force in America precisely because it defines Christians who believe the gospel of Jesus Christ and eagerly affirm the authority of the Bible as the Word of God, this latest Pew report points to the continued strength of evangelicalism and the fact that even more Americans define themselves as evangelicals.
The concerns reflected in the Pew study are having a noticeable impact on the ground in state politics, states are stepping in as consumer protectors in privacy law, just as they are in a variety of other spaces.
A young boy was sitting on a pew inside a church when he was approached and asked by a homeless lady, Where are your parents?. The boy said, They will be here today... remarrying after 10 years of separation.
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