transept

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tran=sept

CIDE DICTIONARY

transept, n. [Pref. trans- + L. septum an inclosure. See Septum.].

 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 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

transept, n.
1 either arm of the part of a cross-shaped church at right angles to the nave (north transept; south transept).
2 this part as a whole.

Derivative

transeptal adj.

Etymology

mod.L transeptum (as TRANS-, SEPTUM)

THESAURUS

transept

Easter sepulcher, ambry, apse, baptistery, blindstory, chancel, choir, cloisters, confessional, confessionary, cross bitt, crossarm, crossbar, crosspiece, crypt, diaconicon, diaconicum, doubletree, nave, porch, presbytery, rood loft, rood stair, rood tower, sacrarium, sacristy, singletree, swingletree, transom, transversal, transverse, traverse, triforium, vestry, whippletree

ROGET THESAURUS

transept

Temple

N temple, place of worship, house of God, house of prayer, temple, cathedral, minster, church, kirk, chapel, meetinghouse, bethel, tabernacle, conventicle, basilica, fane, holy place, chantry, oratory, synagogue, mosque, marabout, pantheon, pagoda, joss house, dogobah, tope, kiosk, kiack, masjid, parsonage, rectory, vicarage, manse, deanery, glebe, Vatican, bishop's palace, Lambeth, altar, shrine, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum, sacristy, sacrarium, communion table, holy table, Lord's table, table of the Lord, pyx, baptistery, font, piscina, stoup, aumbry, sedile, reredos, rood loft, rood screen, chancel, quire, choir, nave, aisle, transept, vestry, crypt, golgotha, calvary, Easter sepulcher, stall, pew, pulpit, ambo, lectern, reading desk, confessional, prothesis, credence, baldachin, baldacchino, apse, belfry, chapter house, presbytery, anxious-bench, anxious-seat, diaconicum, jube, mourner's bench, mourner's seat, cloisters, churchyard, monastery, priory, abbey, friary, convent, nunnery, cloister, claustral, cloistered, monastic, monasterial, conventual, ne vile fano, there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple.