anxious bench

Variant of anxious seat

anxious seat definition

☆ anxious seat

a bench near the preacher at revival meetings, for those with a troubled conscience who seek salvation
also anxious bench

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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