Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A seat in the porch of a church.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation
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Examples
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Well, masters, we hear our charge: let us go sit here upon the church-bench till two, and then all to bed.
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Well, masters, we hear our charge: let us go sit here upon the church-bench till two, and then all go to bed.
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Well, masters, we hear our charge: let us go sit here upon the church-bench till two, and then all to bed.
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Well, masters, we hear our charge: let us go sit here upon the church-bench till two, and then all to bed.
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