[noun] [C] - a long wooden seat with a high back which a row of people sit on in a churchMost people were sitting in the back/front pews.(UK and ANZ humorous) Someone might tell you to take a pew when you are not in a church, as a way of inviting you to sit down.
PEW
Meaning of PEW in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012