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Princeton's WordNet

  1. transeptnoun

    structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church; crosses the nave at right angles

Wiktionary

  1. transeptnoun

    The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts.

Wikipedia

  1. Transept

    A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. In cruciform churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform ("cross-shaped") building within the Romanesque and Gothic Christian church architectural traditions. Each half of a transept is known as a semitransept.

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  1. transept

    A transept is the area of a church or cathedral that is perpendicular to the main body (nave), typically forming a cross-shape. It often separates the nave from the sanctuary or choir and may contain chapels or additional seating.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Transeptnoun

    the transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts

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  1. Transept

    A transept is a transverse section, of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. In Christian churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform building in Romanesque and Gothic Christian church architecture. Each half of a transept is known as a semitransept. The transept of a church separates the nave from the sanctuary, whether apse, choir, chevet, presbytery or chancel. The transepts cross the nave at the crossing, which belongs equally to the main nave axis and to the transept. Upon its four piers, the crossing may support a spire, a central tower or a crossing dome. Since the altar is usually located at the east end of a church, a transept extends to the north and south. The north and south end walls often hold decorated windows of stained glass, such as rose windows, in stone tracery. Occasionally, the basilicas and the church and cathedral planning that descended from them were built without transepts; sometimes the transepts were reduced to matched chapels. More often, the transepts extended well beyond the sides of the rest of the building, forming the shape of a cross. This design is called a "Latin cross" ground plan, and these extensions are known as the arms of the transept. A "Greek cross" ground plan, with all four extensions the same length, produces a central-plan structure.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Transept

    tran′sept, n. one of the wings or cross-aisles of a church, at right angles to the nave. [L. trans, across, septum, an enclosure—sepes, a hedge.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of transept in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of transept in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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