transept
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sɛpt noun Architecture.
1.
any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
2.
an arm of this, on either side of the central aisle of a church.
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| —n | |
| either of the two wings of a cruciform church at right angles to the nave | |
| [C16: from Anglo-Latin transeptum, from Latin | |
| tran'septal | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
transept
"transverse section of a cruciform church," 1538, from M.L. transeptum, from L. trans- "across" + saeptum "fence, partition, enclosure" (see septum). Rare before 1700.
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Example sentences
In the north transept is the noble organ which was built for the parish nearly two years age.
The gable face of the south transept is hidden by the attached guild hall wing which has a significantly lower hip roof.
Graham reused the exterior walls, but expanded the transept's dimensions and added a tower and a spire.
The church has no transept, and is but an oblong building of an aspect not particularly imposing.
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