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severy

[sev-uh-ree]

noun

plural

severies 
  1. (in a vaulted structure) one bay between two principal transverse arches.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of severy1

1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French *civorie, Old French civoire < Latin cibōrium ciborium
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Example Sentences

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The first to reach Knapinski was Tyler Severy, who’s worked with Tacoma Mountain Rescue for 21 years.

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“He couldn’t talk. His eyes weren’t working anymore,” Severy said.

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“It was rocky, ankle-breaking, knee-bending country,” Severy said.

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It turns out she’s not the only one on the hunt, and his last equation could have potentially calamitous results for the Severy family.

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In Scene 1, protagonist Hazel Severy, a 30-something failed bookseller, attends the funeral of her grandfather, the titular Isaac Severy, a mathematician of international repute.

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