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   pew

   /pjuː/

   noun

   • 1. 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 worshipper or group of worshippers.
   • ▪ a seat: "‘Take a pew. What'll you have?’"

   Word 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’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • P

     3

   • E

     1

   • W

     4

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