transept
noun
any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
transeptal
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a word derived from
transept.
Example Sentences
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At Bloxham, on the other hand, the Milcombe chapel, which extends from the east wall of the south aisle as far as the porch, was probably grafted upon an earlier and smaller transeptal chapel.
From The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church by A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) Thompson
In two churches at Echmiadzin and Kutais there are transeptal apses in addition to those at the east end.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
Very often, where special chantry chapels were built, they took the position of transeptal chapels.
From The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church by A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) Thompson
These chapels appear to be enlargements of earlier transeptal chapels; while the tower seems to have been built over the chancel of the earlier church.
From The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church by A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) Thompson
Thus Exton church in Rutland, rebuilt about the beginning of the thirteenth century, has north and south transeptal chapels whose width is that of the eastern bay of each arcade.
From The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church by A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) Thompson
