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Transept
Meaning
Noun
●
In Architecture:
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
transept
s.
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