pew
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English pewe, from Middle French puie (“balustrade”), from Latin podia, plural of podium (“parapet, podium”), from Ancient Greek πόδιον (podion, “little foot”), from πούς (pous, “foot”).
[edit] Noun
pew (plural pews)
- One of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually fixed to the floor and facing the chancel.
- In many churches some pews are reserved for either clerical or liturgical officials such as canons, or for prominent families
- An enclosed compartment in a church which provides seating for a group of people, often a prominent family.
- 2006 September 11, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers", The New York Times [1]
- At St. Patrick’s Cathedral, firefighters in dress blues and white gloves escorted families to the pews for a memorial service, led by Mr. Bloomberg, to honor the 343 Fire Department employees killed on 9/11.
- 2006 September 11, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers", The New York Times [1]
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long bench in a church
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enclosed compartment in a church
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[edit] Etymology 2
Possibly from French putois (“skunk”) or puer (“to stink”) or a truncation of putrid.
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pew
- An expression of disgust in response to an unpleasant odor.
[edit] Translations
expression of disgust in response to an unpleasant odor
[edit] Etymology 3
Onomatopoetic.
[edit] Interjection
pew
- Representative of the sound made by the firing of a machine gun.
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[edit] References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
