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mourners' bench

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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.

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