"severy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: severies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} severy (plural severies)
  1. A baldacchin.
    Sense id: en-severy-en-noun-DaGH4f52
  2. (architecture) A compartment of a vaulted ceiling. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-severy-en-noun-vbq01PZ9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: civery

Inflected forms

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