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Definition of Severies
1. severy [n] - See also: severy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Severies
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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