severy
Americannoun
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severies
plural
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Etymology
Origin of severy
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French *civorie, Old French civoire < Latin cibōrium ciborium
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In the great square western severy of the nave this was easier, but the other severies are oblong.
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 western bay or severy has a greater extension east and west than the three to the east, and corresponds to the adjacent chapels.
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 greater space of the west severy is diminished by the introduction of detached columns, so that the arches may all be of a like span.
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
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 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
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
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