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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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