pewmate

English

Etymology

pew +‎ -mate

Noun

pewmate (plural pewmates)

1. One who shares the same pew.
   • 2007 July 29, Lawrence Downes, “The Pope Reopens a Portal to Eternity, via the 1950s”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     We’ll have to prod our snoozing pewmates when to sit and stand; they’ll have to rein in their zealots.