Transept Definition

trănsĕpt
transepts
noun
The part of a cross-shaped church at right angles to the long, main section, or nave.
Webster's New World
Either arm of this part, outside the nave.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Transept

Noun

Singular:
transept
Plural:
transepts

Origin of Transept

  • New Latin trānsēptum Latin trāns- trans- Latin saeptum partition septum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Transept Sentence Examples

  • The western transept was 213 ft.

  • Like Lincoln, it had an eastern as well as a western transept, each furnished with apsidal chapels to the east.

  • The dormitory, as a rule, was placed on the east side of the cloister, running over the calefactory and chapter-house, and joined the south transept, where a flight of steps admitted the brethren into the church for nocturnal services.

  • The art of making stained xxv11.3 2 a glass windows was not practised by the Venetians; almost the only fine glass in Venice is that in a south transept window in the Dominican church, which, though designed by able Venetian painters, is obviously the work of foreigners.

  • His body lies under the altar in the north transept of the Gesil in Rome.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRA

Words Ending With

TPTEPT

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