transept

IPA: trænsˈɛpt

(architecture) 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.

Examples of "transept" in Sentences

In the corner between the south aisle and the transept is the
Above each angle of the transept is a turret, octagonal in form.
The subject of the one nearest to the transept is the "Raising of Lazarus," and of the other,
Descending to the church, the Pope proceeds to the northern transept, which is fitted up for the occasion.
To the east of the transept is a choir of two bays, with aisles, and beyond which is an aisleless presbytery.
Projecting eastwards from the transept is the square chapel (now a vestry), which took the place of the early apsidal one.
Under the northern arch on the east side of the transept is the curious sarcophagus tomb of Bishop Lowe, who died in 1467.
In respect to the latter we would like to investigate whether the form of the building, namely a transept-basilica, corresponds to a martyrium, housing the relics of a saint.
Covering the foundations and bedrock in the northern part of the transept was a floor of limestone slabs laid in a bed of mortar, some of them still present in the northwest and southeast corners of the space.
The parapet on the south is of the same character and date as that over the wall of the choir, but earlier than that above the south window of the transept, which is of the same date as that on the south wall of the nave.