pewmate

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English

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Etymology

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pew +‎ -mate

Noun

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pewmate (plural pewmates)

  1. One who shares the same pew.
    • 2007 July 29, Lawrence Downes, “The Pope Reopens a Portal to Eternity, via the 1950s”, in New York Times[1]:
      We’ll have to prod our snoozing pewmates when to sit and stand; they’ll have to rein in their zealots.