pewdom
Definitions
The system according to which certain people or certain social classes were allocated particular pews in the local church.
Examples
“[…] that the people who we say⟳ have⟳ been driven away, and kept away, from the church by pewdom, do go and build⟳ Dissenting meeting-houses. The supporters of these are not the very poor, nor the working classes, […]”
“[…] and it was from the middle class that this system of pewdom took its rise⟳.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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