transept in English

noun
1
(in a cross-shaped church) either of the two parts forming the arms of the cross shape, projecting at right angles from the nave.
the north transept

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1. Credit xy 6401 direct steamer unavailable suggest amendment permit transept.

2. The transept forms the arms of the church building.

3. Not only the two transept facades were built from this material but also the clerestory of the transept, the long nave and the appertaining buttresses.

4. Foreign dignitaries and diplomats will sit in the South Transept which is directly to the side.

5. It is one of the few churches in Puerto Rico with a transept.

6. In a few moments we will adjourn to the transept where cake happens to await.

7. Experts say a forty foot crack in a medieval transept wall could have led to disaster.

8. THE BODY IN THE TRANSEPT a Cozy murder mystery full of twists (Dorothy Martin Mystery Book 1) JEANNE M

9. Today's guardians of the Abbey are just thankful the south transept hasn't suffered a similar fate.

10. Among these are the westwerk, parts of the western transept (D & E), and parts of the wall of the southern side-aisle (I).

11. He could not see Dhani but calculated that he might by now be opposite him in the north transept.

12. Voice over To make the building safe, concrete joists will tie the south transept wall to the massive main tower pillars.

13. Between 1810 and 1829 the Armenians succeeded in establishing themselves in the Church,(Sentencedict.com ) getting the left arm of the transept.

14. Finally Theodora came to rest in the Dersingham chapel which formed the south transept looking towards the altar at right angles.

15. Spaces such as the transept clerestories, the Baptistery, and the ambulatories were coupled to the nave and risked creating delayed echoes

16. Even today the walls of the central nave, five columns with Ottonian capitals and the southern wing of the transept retain this structure.

17. Under the North Transept window there is the tomb of a Dowager Duchess of Buckingham, an antecedent of the Duke of Norfolk.

18. Now his bones are in the left transept of St. Peter's Basilica under the main altar of St. Joseph in one tomb with the remains of the apostle Simon the Zealot.

19. Peter’s in Rome, a five-aisled Basilican-plan church with apsed transept at the west end that was begun between 326 and 333 at the order of the Roman emperor Constantine and finished about 30 years later

20. The tower and the subordinate transept and corner-towers were to have been crowned by a myriad of pinnacles and Arcaded screens, which would have given the building a highly active silhouette against the grey skies of Seattle

21. As nouns the difference between Clearstory and clerestory is that Clearstory is while clerestory is (architecture) the upper part of a wall containing windows to let in natural light to a building, especially in the nave, transept and choir of a …

22. The north wall of the existing cloister was used as the basis of the south wall and the church was completed by the addition of a west front (still standing) which was joined to the north transept by a north aisle.

23. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp: Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the Choristers

24. Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was Conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.

25. Aisle (n.) late 14c., ele, "lateral division of a church" (usually separated from the nave or transept by a row of pillars), from Old French ele "wing (of a bird or an army), side of a ship" (12c., Modern French aile), from Latin ala, related to or contracted from axilla "wing, upper arm, armpit; wing of an army," from PIE *aks-la-, suffixed form of root *aks-"axis" (see axis).