severy
noun
(in a vaulted structure) one bay between two principal transverse arches.
severies
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pluralof severy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Counting the angle severies as in each walk, it will be noticed that there are fourteen severies on the east side; and thirteen on the other three.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by C. H. B. (Charles Henry Bourne) Quennell
The Presbytery consists of two double severies, or four compartments, terminated by a semi-circular apse of five compartments.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by C. H. B. (Charles Henry Bourne) Quennell
Here, however, you should notice, just as in the great neighbour church of St. Jacques, the remarkable arabesque-pattern painting of the severies of the vault, and the splendour of the sixteenth-century glass.
From Beautiful Europe: Belgium by Joseph Ernest Morris
These great pilasters form the divisions east and west into severies.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch by Arthur Dimock
The vaulting, owing to the severies being nearly square, is regular; in other respects similar to that already described.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch by Arthur Dimock
