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- noun Plural form of
transept .
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Examples
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Then there were two arms, which Tom called transepts, sticking out to the north and south.
The Pillars of the Earth FOLLETT, Ken 1989
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That is to say, the transepts are the same as the nave and it is about ego feet long and 230 feet wide, but the glory of the church is its dome.
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The transepts are a good example of the transition to Early English style.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Philip Walsingham Sergeant 1912
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The 'Nefs' and the transepts are the most ancient, their construction dating from the thirteenth century.
Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders George Wharton Edwards 1904
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_ -- The transepts are the part of the church which gives to the building the cruciform shape.
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Not so that of the transepts, which is a curious compromise between the form of the ordinary vault of stone and the simple barrel roof.
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The absence of buttresses and the continuous row of arches cause a remarkable freedom from vertical lines in the exterior of the transepts, which is also characteristic of the interior.
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The instruments in the hands of the figures over the transepts are the psaltery and cithern, the regale, tabret, lute, violin, bagpipe and trumpet, (illustrating the
Ely Cathedral Anonymous
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The sanctuary at Trinity Concord is cathedral-shaped with two sections of pews facing a marble altar and a huge suspended metal cross—two transepts a few rows deep on either side.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Finally, I spy the vast transepts and apse of the Abbey, built by blessed Saint Edward the Confessor, where, shortly now, I will be crowned.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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