Church benches (4)
I believe the answer is:
pews
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">church benches</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('pew' can be a synonym of 'church bench')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for pews that I've seen before include "Church seats" , "Church seating" , "Church benches" .)