Names for seats in a church, especially near the front:
| PEWS | 887 |
| AMEN CORNER | 131 |
| MOURNER’S BENCH | 98 |
| BENCHES | 24 |
| AMEN PEWS | 9 |
| BALD-HEADED ROW | 9 |
| SEATS | 7 |
| AMEN SEATS | 6 |
| AMEN CORNERS | 4 |
| AMEN PEW | 4 |
| FRONT PEWS | 4 |
| FRONT SEATS | 4 |
| AMEN ROW | 3 |
| ANXIOUS SEAT | 3 |
| DEACON’S ROW | 3 |
| ALTAR | 2 |
| AMENS CORNER | 2 |
| BOXES | 2 |
| CHAIRS | 2 |
| CONFESSION SEATS | 2 |
| DEACON’S PEWS | 2 |
| FRONT ROW | 2 |
| FRONT SEAT | 2 |
| MOURNER’S BENCHES | 2 |
| ALTAR PAD | 1 |
| AMEN BENCH | 1 |
| AMEN BENCHES | 1 |
| AMEN SECTION | 1 |
| AMEN’S CORNER | 1 |
| AUDIENCE SEATS | 1 |
| BALCONY | 1 |
| BALD-HEAD ROW | 1 |
| BENCH | 1 |
| BOUGHT PEW | 1 |
| CHILDREN’S PEW IN BACK | 1 |
| CHOIR SEATS | 1 |
| CHURCH PEWS | 1 |
| CHURCH SEAT | 1 |
| CHURCH SETTING | 1 |
| CRYING PEWS | 1 |
| CUSHIONS | 1 |
| DEACON SEAT | 1 |
| DEACON’S BENCH | 1 |
| DEACON’S BENCHES | 1 |
| DEACON’S SEAT | 1 |
| DEACON’S SEATS | 1 |
| DEAF PEW | 1 |
| FACING SEAT | 1 |
| FOR THE BALD-HEADS | 1 |
| FRONT BENCHES | 1 |
| FRONT ROWS | 1 |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON PEW | 1 |
| HIGH PLACE | 1 |
| HYPOCRITE ROW | 1 |
| MERCY SEAT | 1 |
| MOTHERS’ BENCH | 1 |
| MOTHERS’ SEATS | 1 |
| MOURNER BENCH | 1 |
| MOURNER’S PEW | 1 |
| MOURNER’S PEWS | 1 |
| MOURNER’S ROW | 1 |
| MOURNER’S SEAT | 1 |
| PASTOR’S EYES | 1 |
| PRAYING BENCH IN FRONT | 1 |
| PULPIT SEAT | 1 |
| RECITATION SEAT | 1 |
| SEAT FOR THE SINNERS | 1 |
| SELECT PEW | 1 |
| SETTEE | 1 |
| SLIPS | 1 |
| STALLS | 1 |
| UNUSED PEWS | 1 |
| WAITING BENCH | 1 |
| WIDOW’S BENCHES | 1 |
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