Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mourners' bench

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: mourn-er-s' bench
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"That night I was escorted to the front row and placed on the mourners' bench with all the other young sinners, who had not yet been brought to Jesus."
"But what annoyed Fred was having the christening of his son in the very best church in town spoiled by the attendance of any revivalists of the mourners’ bench sort."
"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."

Inflected Forms

mourners' benches (plural)

Synonyms

anxious bench mercy seat mourner's bench mourner's row mourner's seat mourner's stool mourner's pew

Questions

What does mourners' bench mean?: 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.

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