单词 | pew-fellow |
释义 | pew-fellown. Now rare. A person who has a seat in the same pew as another (usually specified) person; a fellow-worshipper. In extended use: a person of the same religious, political, etc., belief or group; (more generally) a companion, an associate. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > other types of companion consenter1303 pew-fellow1533 bander1563 intercommoner1567 convenera1572 compeer1574 copemate1593 coherent1598 minion1598 barnacle1607 intercommuner1620 shade1667 dangler1728 rafiq1783 esquire1824 Sancho1870 tag-along1961 homeboy1965 bredda1969 arm piece1975 society > faith > worship > [noun] > worshipper > having seat in church > fellow pew-fellow1533 pew mate1567 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. viii. f. lvv The frere, that as he was prechyng in the countrey, spyed a pore wyfe of the paryshe wysperynge wyth her pewfelowe. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 44v Fayne would they their toyes were pewefellowes with the sacred truth of God. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) vi. 42 To please their pew-fellows the disciples of Novatian. 1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. G4 If you spend this way to much of your royall stock Ere long we may be puefellowes. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. v. §48 These sit down to talk and laugh with their Pew-fellows [in church]. 1714 Ladies Libr. III. 309 These sit down to talk and laugh with their Pew-fellows. 1819 Examiner 1 Aug. 493/2 They are convinced that their very pew-fellows are sad sinners. 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 604/1 Her haughty..pew-fellows. 2000 Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) (Nexis) 6 Sept. b1 Politics makes strange pew-fellows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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