Pew

Noun

 * 1) 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
 * 1) An enclosed compartment in a church which provides seating for a group of people, often a prominent family.
 * 2) *2006 September 11, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers", The New York Times
 * 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.

Interjection

 * 1) Representative of the sound made by the firing of a machine gun.

Adjectives for Pew
high-backed; respectable; dusty; uncomfortable; crowded; unused.

Verbs for Pew
allocate—s; array in—s; commit to—; cram —; cushion—; direct to—; enter—; fill—; kneel in—; occupy—; perch in—; rent—; reserve—; scan from—.

Thesaurus
amen corner, anxious bench, anxious seat, booth, box, cavity, cell, cellule, chamber, compartment, crib, crypt, enclosed space, hold, hole, hollow, manger, penitent form, sedilia, stall, vault

Etymology 1
From pewe:, from  puie:, from  podia:, plural of podium:, from  πόδιον:, from πούς:.

Etymology 2
Possibly from putois: or puer: or a truncation of putrid:.

Alternative forms

 * P U, P.U.
 * peeyoo
 * phew

Etymology 3
Onomatopoetic.

Noun

 * Danish: kirkestol
 * Dutch: kerkbank
 * Finnish: kirkonpenkki
 * French: ,
 * German: Kirchenbank


 * Portuguese: banco de igreja
 * Russian: церковная
 * Spanish: banco de iglesia
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch: koorgestoelte


 * French: ,

Derived terms

 * pew-opener

Interjection

 * Dutch:, , jakkes, eikes
 * French: pouah


 * Japanese:
 * Russian: ! (fu)

Anagrams

 * WEP