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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 464 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BASEMENT , the See also:

term applied to the lowest See also:storey of any See also:building placed wholly or partly below the level of the ground. It is incorrectly applied to the ground storey of any building, even when, as for instance in the See also:case of See also:Somerset See also:House, See also:London, the ground See also:floor is of See also:plain or rusticated See also:masonry, and the upper storey which it supports is divided up and decorated with columns or pilasters.

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