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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A seat in the porch of a church.

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  • noun long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation

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Examples

  • Well, masters, we hear our charge: let us go sit here upon the church-bench till two, and then all to bed.

    Much Ado About Nothing 2004

  • Well, masters, we hear our charge: let us go sit here upon the church-bench till two, and then all go to bed.

    Act III. Scene III. Much Ado about Nothing 1914

  • Well, masters, we hear our charge: let us go sit here upon the church-bench till two, and then all to bed.

    The American Union Speaker 1852

  • Well, masters, we hear our charge: let us go sit here upon the church-bench till two, and then all to bed.

    Much Ado About Nothing 1598

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