amen corner

1. 1.

   area reserved for persons leading the responsive `amens'

   Broadercorner

   Part ofchurch

Questions about amen corner

What does amen corner mean?

amen corner means "area reserved for persons leading the responsive `amens'".

Is amen corner a common word?

amen corner is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.