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transept Definition


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transept
noun
    1. In a cross-shaped building, especially a church: either of the two arms (the north and south transepts) that are at right angles to the nave.
    2. The area formed by these two arms.
Derivative: transeptal
adj
    Etymology: 16c: from trans- sense 1 + Latin saeptum enclosure.



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