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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 transepts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church; crosses the nave at right angles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: structure, construction
From French transept, from New Latin transeptum, from Latin trans- (“across”) + saeptum (“fence, partition, enclosure”).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
creuer
— transversal part of a church
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Catalan:
transsepte
— transversal part of a church
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Chinese Mandarin:
耳堂
(ěrtáng)
— transversal part of a church
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Esperanto:
transepto
— transversal part of a church
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Finnish:
poikkilaiva
— transversal part of a church
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French:
transept
— transversal part of a church
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Galician:
transepto
— transversal part of a church
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Galician:
cruceiro
— transversal part of a church
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German:
Querhaus
— transversal part of a church
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German:
Transept
— transversal part of a church
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Hungarian:
kereszthajó
— transversal part of a church
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Irish:
croslann
— transversal part of a church
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Japanese:
翼廊
(yokurō)
— transversal part of a church
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Japanese:
袖廊
(shurō)
— transversal part of a church
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Kazakh:
кесе бөлме
(kese bölme)
— transversal part of a church
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Polish:
transept
— transversal part of a church
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Romanian:
transept
— transversal part of a church
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Russian:
трансепт
(transept)
— transversal part of a church
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Spanish:
transepto
— transversal part of a church
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Welsh:
croesfa
— transversal part of a church
