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Bible Encyclopedias
Severy
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(probably connected with the English word "sever"), in architecture, any main compartment or division of a building. The word has been supposed to be a corruption of Ciborium, as Gervase of Canterbury uses the word in this sense; but he probably alludes to the vaulted form of the upper part of the web of each severy.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Severy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/severy.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Severy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/severy.html. 1910.
