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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Storey
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(equivalents are Fr. etage, Ital. piano, Ger. Stock), the term in architecture given to the floor of a building, and employed generally when referring to a number of floors one above the other; thus a building may be of two, three or more storeys high. It used to be applied to a series of apartments on one floor, which are now generally known as a flat. "Storey" or "story" is from O. Fr. estorre, building, estorer, to build, equip, furnish, store, from Lat. staurare, only seen in compound instaurare, to repair, restore, ultimately from root sta, to stand. "Story," a tale or narrative, is a shortened form of "history."
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Storey'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/storey.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Storey'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/storey.html. 1910.
