mourners' bench
mourners' bench · mourners' benches
A bench, seat, rail, pew, etcA bench, seat, rail, pew, etc. set aside for mourners and repentant sinners, and is usually found at the front of a revival meeting or evangelical church.
Meaning
1 sensesA bench, seat, rail, pew, etc. set aside for mourners and repentant sinners, and is usually found at the front of a revival meeting or evangelical church.
1992 - The Mourner's Bench from the album But, What Ends When The Symbols Shatter? by Death in June Something got hold of me / It ratttled around my head / Early one morning / On the mourner's bench.
Forms
plural: mourners' benches| Singular | mourners' bench |
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Synonyms
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