Definition of Severies

1. Noun. (plural of severy) ¹

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Definition of Severies

1. severy [n] - See also: severy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Severies

severances
severaunce
severe
severe acute respiratory syndrome
severe combined immunodeficiency disease
severe combined immunodeficient mice
severe postanoxic encephalopathy
severed
severely
severeness
severenesses
severer
severest
severeth
severies (current term)
severin
severing
severings
severities
severity
severity of illness index
severs
severy
seviche
seviches
sevirumab
sevocation
sevoflurane
sevruga

Literary usage of Severies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"521') by which sixteen severies were obtained instead of the French four. ... the tendency to use the severies as decorative panels was irresistible, ..."

2. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1875)
"The church is cruciform ; the nave has fourteen compartments or severies—or rather seven double severies, for the piers are alternately principal and ..."

3. Mediaeval Church Vaulting by Clarence Ward (1915)
"In the transverse vault severies, which in England were really sections of a tunnel vault because of the level crown line, these ribs acted largely as added ..."

4. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1882)
"The ground-plan exhibits a long and narrow church, consisting of an eastern limb of six, with aisles of four, severies; north and south transepts, ..."

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