Every vs Severy - What's the difference?
every | severy |
All of a countable group, without exception.
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*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every' tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met ' every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
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A baldacchin.
(architecture) A compartment of a vaulted ceiling.
* 1866 , Robert Willis, The Architectural History of Glastonbury Abbey ,
* 1968 , Paul Frankl, James Francis O'Gorman, Principles of Architectural History: The Four Phases of Architectural Style, 1420-1900 ,
* 1982 , Thomas E. Polk, Saint-Denis, Noyon and the Early Gothic Choir: Methodological Considerations for the History of Early Gothic Architecture , Volume 1,
As a determiner every
is all of a countable group, without exception.As a proper noun Every
is {{surname|lang=en}.As a noun severy is
a baldacchin.every
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Alternative forms
* ev’ry (poetic) * euery (obsolete)Determiner
(en determiner)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
Synonyms
* eachAntonyms
* noDerived terms
* a chicken in every pot * each and every * every bit * everybody * every cloud has a silver lining * every dog has its day * every five minutes * every last * every little helps * every man for himself * every man Jack, every man jack * every nook and cranny * everyone * every other * every second * every so often * everything * every time * everywhere * every which way * every which where * hang on someone's every word * there are two sides to every question * there is an exception to every rule * worth every pennySee also
* all * eachStatistics
*severy
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Noun
(severies)page 56,
- 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.
page 64,
- Cylindrical severies would have no place between these arches.
page 42,
- Because the two wall arches of each chapel are not centrally located in relation to the vault severies' above them (27), these ' severies are asymmetrical (Illustrations 16 and 21).
