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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: puie, from Latin podia, plural of podium; PODIUM

pew

1 noun
     
pew
pew1 [countable]
1 a long wooden seat in a church
2

take a pew

British English spoken used humorously to invite someone to sit down
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