1) Architectural element 2) Area crossing the nave 3) Area near the apse 4) Construction 5) Gothic architecture 6) It crosses the nave 7) It crosses the nave in church 8) It intersects the nave 9) Nave crosser 10) Part of a church 11) Part of a cruciform church 12) Structure
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A transept (with two 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 Gothic Christian church architecture. Each half of a transept is known as a semitransept. .....
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part of a church off to one side of main structure
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• (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. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themsel...
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The lateral extensions that form the cross of a Cruciform cathedral or church.
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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]
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an extension of a church at right angles to the nave
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In church architecture, that part of a cruciform church which lies across, or in a direction at right angles to, the main axis. ...
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in a cruciform church, the transepts form the arms of the cross.
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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 projections built primarily to house side galleries. Rela...
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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.
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Transverse nave in a cruciform church, crossing the main nave at the level of the presbytery.
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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.
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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.
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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 Gothic churches these project greatly, and should be...
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(in a cross-shaped church) either of the two parts forming the arms of the cross shape, projecting at right angles from the nave.
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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.
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n] - structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church
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Cross arm of a cruciform church, normally running N-S.
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Transverse portion of a cruciform church.
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noun structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church; crosses the nave at right angles
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Any major transverse part of the church, usually crossing the nave and at right angles with the entrance of the choir (fig.1). The transept may be divided into areas of different height.
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the part of a traditional cross shaped church like ours which lies crosswise to the main body of the church (the nave).
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[Obscure words] structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church
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