mourners' bench

Definition

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."