Look up: transept


  1. transept
    A rectangular area which cuts across the main axis of a basilica-type building and projects beyond it. The transept gives a basilica the shape of a Latin cross and usually serves to separate the main area of the building from an apse at the end.
    Found op http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/INDEX.HTM

  2. transept
    [n] - structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=transept

  3. Transept
    Transverse portion of a cruciform church.
    Found op http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/gloschur.htm

  4. Transept
    Cross arm of a cruciform church, normally running N-S.
    Found op http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/gloschur.htm

  5. transept
    an extension of a church at right angles to the nave
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20559

  6. transept
    In church architecture, that part of a cruciform church which lies across, or in a direction at right angles to, the main axis. ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  7. Transept
    in a cruciform church, the transepts form the arms of the cross.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20935

  8. Transept
    A projection from the main body of a church. In a fully-developed Latin cross-plan church there are two transepts ('north and south') forming the arms of the cross. In some buildings intended to be cruciform the long nave was never built. In many post-Reformation churches the 'transepts' are project...
    Found op http://www.maintainyourchurch.org.uk/ToolkitModules/Toolkit1Glossary/tabid/

  9. Transept
    The areas of a church that extend out from its centre to form a cross-shape ground plan.
    Found op http://www.architecture.com/HowWeBuiltBritain/Glossary.xhtml

  10. Transept
    A transept is a rectangular area that cuts across the main axis of a basilica-type church and projects beyond it. The transept gives a basilica the shape of a Latin cross and usually serves to separate the nave of the building from an apse at the eastern end.
    Found op http://www.virtualani.org/glossary/index.htm



  1. Transept
    Part of a church built at right-angles to the main structure. May be added to an existing church, or be part of a cruciform building.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20941

  2. transept
    noun structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church; crosses the nave at right angles
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=transept

  3. Transept
    • (n.) 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. I...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/transept/

  4. transept
    the area of a cruciform church lying at right angles to the principal axis. The bay at which the transept intersects the main body of the church is ... [2 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/71

  5. Transept
    For the periodical go to The Transept. A transept (with 2 semitransepts) 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 ("cross-shaped") building in Romanesque and Gothi...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transept

  6. Transept
    In architecture a transept is the transverse portion of any building lying across the main body of that building. In Christian churches transepts are the cross aisles of a church, projecting at right angles from the nave or choir. In the basilicas, they often had no projection at the two ends. In Go...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TT.HTM

  7. Transept
    The lateral extensions that form the cross of a Cruciform cathedral or church.
    Found op http://www.artisansofthevalley.com/comm_gloss3.html

  8. Transept
    Transverse nave in a cruciform church, crossing the main nave at the level of the presbytery.
    Found op http://www.arca.net/postcard/gourl.html?URL=http://www.arca.net/tourism/glo

  9. transept
    transept (trăn'sept") , term applied to the transverse portion of a building cutting its main axis at right angles or to each arm of such a portion. Transepts are found chiefly in churches, where, extending north and south from the main body, they create a cruciform plan. They may cons...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0849265.html

  10. transept
    1) Construction 2) It crosses the nave 3) Part of a church 4) Structure
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/transept/1

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