Conventionally, wood.
There is a specialized firm called Born Again Pews, which made church pews out of oak. They have available differents fabrics and finishes to follow all customers specifications.
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Wood, often mahogany or birch
Most of the pews are in the nave in a Church.
Yes, if they want to.
Pews are not symbols of anything. They are simply a place to sit.
They are church pews and they are the benches you sit on
in a pew
Religious term referencing the congregation of a church. (The seating in churches are called 'pews.' The attendees/people are seated upon the pews. Hence, "the people of the pews.")
The chairs in a church are often referred to as 'pews.' They are often made of wood, and are longer in length. This allows more people to be able to fit on a single pew, and many traditional churches will have many rows of pews.
To sit on.....what else......
Pews.