pew
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pew/pjuː/
▶noun a long bench with a back, placed in rows in churches for the congregation.
■ Brit. informal a seat.
– origin ME (orig. a raised, enclosed place for particular worshippers): from OFr. puye ‘balcony’, from L. podia, pl. of podium ‘elevated place’.
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