severy
[ sev-uh-ree ]
noun,plural sev·er·ies.
(in a vaulted structure) one bay between two principal transverse arches.
Origin of severy
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How to use severy in a sentence
These great pilasters form the divisions east and west into severies.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of St. Paul | Arthur DimockIn the great square western severy of the nave this was easier, but the other severies are oblong.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of St. Paul | Arthur DimockThe vaulting, owing to the severies being nearly square, is regular; in other respects similar to that already described.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of St. Paul | Arthur DimockThe Presbytery consists of two double severies, or four compartments, terminated by a semi-circular apse of five compartments.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich | C. H. B. Quennell
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