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mourners' bench

a front row of seats at a revival meeting, for those who are to profess penitence

See mourners' bench in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A bench for mourners or repentant sinners placed at the front in a revival meeting: “That night I was escorted to the front row and placed on the mourners' bench with all the other young sinners” (Langston Hughes).
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