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severies

severies is the plural of severy.

Meaning of severy

Noun

severy (plural severies)

  1. A baldacchin.
  2. A compartment of a vaulted ceiling.
    • A handsome flight of steps, extending across the whole from wall to wall, occupied nearly the whole of the eastern severy, and led up from the pavement of this building to the great west door of the church, which terminates the interior eastward, and was designed and built in connection with it.1866, Robert Willis, The Architectural History of Glastonbury Abbey, page 56

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Questions about severies

What is severies the plural of?
Severies is the plural of severy.

Words near severies in the dictionary

  1. severest
  2. severeth
  3. Severia
  4. Severian
  5. Severians
  6. severies
  7. Severin
  8. severing
  9. severings
  10. Severino
  11. Severinos

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