1
: a compartment in the auditorium of a church providing seats for several persons
2
: one of the benches with backs and sometimes doors fixed in rows in a church
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Nearly every pew was filled with attendees Friday inside downtown’s Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament as the Catholic Church ordained Auxiliary Bishop Rey Bersabal, who became the fifth Filipino to be ordained as a bishop in the United States.
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 1 June 2024
Diane Lewis sat next to Grays in the front pew before Sunday’s Mass, wearing white to honor deceased members of the group.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
The explosion flung cast-iron slugs that had been encased with the dynamite across the interior, destroying three nearby pews, and ripped a hole in the stone floor more than a square foot in size.
—Steven Johnson, New York Times, 17 May 2024
The pews inside Temple Beth Sholom in Miami Beach were packed with people who had lined up to pay their respects to the family of Ella Riley Adler, a freshman at Ransom Everglades School in Coconut Grove and a member of its dance team.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz and, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 1 June 2024
Diane Lewis sat next to Grays in the front pew before Sunday’s Mass, wearing white to honor deceased members of the group.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
The explosion flung cast-iron slugs that had been encased with the dynamite across the interior, destroying three nearby pews, and ripped a hole in the stone floor more than a square foot in size.
—Steven Johnson, New York Times, 17 May 2024
The pews inside Temple Beth Sholom in Miami Beach were packed with people who had lined up to pay their respects to the family of Ella Riley Adler, a freshman at Ransom Everglades School in Coconut Grove and a member of its dance team.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz and, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024
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noun
: one of the benches with backs and sometimes doors set in rows in a church
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