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transept

[ tran-sept ]

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.


transept

/ ˈ³Ù°ùæ²Ô²õÉ›±è³Ù /

noun

  1. either of the two wings of a cruciform church at right angles to the nave
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ³Ù°ù²¹²Ôˈ²õ±ð±è³Ù²¹±ô, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù°ù²¹²Ô·²õ±ð±èt²¹±ô adjective
  • ³Ù°ù²¹²Ô·²õ±ð±èt²¹±ô·ly adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of transept1

From the Anglo-Latin word ³Ù°ùÄå²Ô²õ±ð±è³Ù³Ü³¾, dating back to 1530–40. See trans-, septum
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of transept1

C16: from Anglo-Latin transeptum , from Latin trans- + saeptum enclosure
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Cashore spelled it correctly, then clinched the title with the word “transept,†an architectural term for the transverse part of a cross-shaped church.

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It was only possible to complete the apse, choir and transepts.

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