PEW

n. & v.

--n.

1. (in a church) a long bench with a back; an enclosed compartment.

2 Brit. colloq. a seat (esp. take a pew).

--v.tr. furnish with pews.

Derivatives:

pewage n. pewless adj.

Etymology: ME pywe, puwe f. OF puye balcony f. L podia pl. of PODIUM