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transept
[ tran-sept ]
noun
- any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
- an arm of this, on either side of the central aisle of a church.
transept
/ ˈ³Ù°ùæ²Ô²õÉ›±è³Ù /
noun
- either of the two wings of a cruciform church at right angles to the nave
Derived Forms
- ³Ù°ù²¹²Ôˈ²õ±ð±è³Ù²¹±ô, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ù°ù²¹²Ô·²õ±ð±èt²¹±ô adjective
- ³Ù°ù²¹²Ô·²õ±ð±èt²¹±ô·ly adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of transept1
Example Sentences
Four weeks later, on the day of the concert, Hulthage purchased a tuxedo but had yet to change as he helped set up chairs for the strings in the transept of Westwood United Methodist Church.
The restoration lasted over a year, and in that time the cathedral was turned into a bit of a building site, with a maze of scaffolds set up on the altar and transept.
Scientists say they are nearly certain a lead coffin found beneath the transept is that of Joachim du Bellay, who died in Paris in 1560 at the age of about 37.
Cashore spelled it correctly, then clinched the title with the word “transept,†an architectural term for the transverse part of a cross-shaped church.
It was only possible to complete the apse, choir and transepts.
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