English-Thai Dictionary

pew

N บริเวณ ที่นั่ง ซึ่ง เป็น ม้า ยาว มี พนักพิง ใน โบสถ์  bench slip stall bo-ri-wen-ma-nang-sueng-pen-ma-yao-me-pa-nak-ping

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PEW

n.[L. podium. ] An inclosed seat in a church. Pews were formerly made square; in modern churches in America they are generally long and narrow, and sometimes called slips.

 

PEW

v.t.To furnish with pews. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PEW

Pew, n. Etym: [OE. pewe, OF. puie parapet, balustrade, balcony, fr. L. podium an elevated place, a jutty, balcony, a parapet or balcony in the circus, where the emperor and other distinguished persons sat, Gr. Foot, and cf. Podium, Poy. ]

 

1. One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; - - sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow.

 

2. Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc. ; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold. [Obs. ] Pepys. Milton. Pew opener, an usher in a church. [Eng. ] Dickens.

 

PEW

PEW Pew, v. t.

 

Defn: To furnish with pews. [R.] Ash.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pew

pew |pyo͞o pju | ▶noun a long bench with a back, placed in rows in the main part of some churches to seat the congregation. • an enclosure or compartment containing a number of seats, used in some churches to seat a particular worshiper or group of worshipers. • (the pews ) the congregation of a church: the pews settled down. ORIGIN late Middle English (originally denoting a raised, enclosed place in a church, provided for particular worshipers ): from Old French puye ‘balcony, ’ from Latin podia, plural of podium ‘elevated place. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

pew

pew |pjuː | ▶noun a long bench with a back, placed in rows in the main part of some churches to seat the congregation. • Brit. informal a seat: ‘Take a pew. What'll you have? ’. ORIGIN late Middle English (originally denoting a raised, enclosed place in a church, provided for particular worshippers ): from Old French puye ‘balcony ’, from Latin podia, plural of podium ‘elevated place ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pew

pew /pjuː /名詞 C 1 (教会のベンチ型の )座席 (→church ).2 ｟英 くだけて ｠いす, 座席 (seat )▸ Take [Grab ] a pew .座りなよ