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Definition of: pew
(py
) noun
A bench for seating people in church, frequently with a kneeling rack attached; formerly, a boxlike quadrangle, usually raised on a low platform, with seats on three sides for a family. [ME puwe, appar. <OF puye a parapet <L podia, plural of podium a height, a balcony <Gk. podion a base, dim. of pous, podos a foot]
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