stalls

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rows of fixed seats in a church, often with the sides and backs connected:

Members of the public were invited to sit in the choir stalls.

Eager faces peered up from the stalls as he delivered his sermon.

We squeezed into the stalls at the back of the church.

Handmade kneelers were placed in all the stalls.

When the stalls were full, she gestured to the cantor to begin the service.

the seats on the main floor of a theatre or cinema, not at a higher level:

As he came onto the stage, a woman threw flowers from the stalls.

They watched the rehearsal from the stalls of the London Palladium.

We had seats in the stalls for all of her shows.

Only when there was silence in the stalls, did they continue with their lines.

We were sitting in the second row of the stalls.