transept

Meaning of transept

noun

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.

Information about transept

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of transept is: transepts.
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Hyphenation of transept

transept

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • transept is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Translation of transept

Anagrams of transept

patterns, prestant, trapnest

Words that rhyme with transept

Sept, sept, decasept, formasept, parasept, propylparasept, subsept, latisept, semitransept, Atrosept, enterosept, tegosept, rotersept, oxysept

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