How do you use Transept in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like structure or construction, plus the exact meaning.
Transept meaning
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.
Synonyms of Transept
Using Transept
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: structure, construction.
- In the example corpus, transept often appears in combinations such as: the transept, south transept, transept and.
Context around Transept
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Transept
- In this selection, "transept" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, south, north, projects, next and resulted stand out and add context to how "transept" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cathedral s transept at a and each transept has an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "transept" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with transept
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The transept has three aisles. (5 words)
Sometimes there are additional towers on the transept ends. (9 words)
Each transept projects to the width of two nave bays. (10 words)
The second, smaller dome sits directly over the centre of the transept crossing of the choir where the compas, an omphalos once thought to be the center of the world (associated to the site of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection), is situated. (42 words)
They based their new basilica on the original 4th-century (since demolished) Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, using the transept and crypt plan of that great pilgrimage church to frame their own saint as the "Apostle to the Germans". (41 words)
Piers that occur at the intersection of two large arches, such as those under the crossing of the nave and transept, are commonly cruciform in shape, each arch having its own supporting rectangular pier at right angles to the other. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
It was there that the base of the famous Notre Dame spire was being assembled before its installation on the four pillars at the crossing of the cathedral’s transept, at a height of nearly 100 feet.
The coronation of King Charles III took place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday last beneath 16 lead Waterford Crystal chandeliers, eight of which hang in the knave with four hanging in each transept.
Each transept has an aisle to the east, forming three chapels.sfn The church at Bayham Old Abbey had no aisles in the nave or the choir.
Each transept projects to the width of two nave bays.
He was buried in the south transept next to the body of Callixtus II.
In late 2001, a fire in the North Transept resulted in heavy smoke damage to the organ, which was finally returned to service in 2008.
Noteworthy is the external decoration of the transept and the dome area, with a series of blind arches separated by small columns, clearly reflecting Arabic architectural influences.
Piers that occur at the intersection of two large arches, such as those under the crossing of the nave and transept, are commonly cruciform in shape, each arch having its own supporting rectangular pier at right angles to the other.
Saunders and Chase, p. 65; Fradkin, p. 51 Also in 1860, an abortive attempt at restoring the stone church was the cause of its additional disintegration, forcing the domes over the transept and sanctuary to collapse.
Some of the lower parts of the monastic dormitory, an extension of the South Transept, survive in the Norman undercroft of the Great School, including a door said to come from the previous Saxon abbey.
Sometimes there are additional towers on the transept ends.
Standing in the transept and looking northeast (2011) Organ In 2010 an organ was installed in the presbytery by the Blancafort Orgueners de Montserrat organ builders.
The distinctive round window high in the south transept was originally lit up at night as a beacon for mariners.
The dormitory opened onto the cloister and also onto the south transept of the church.
The ribbed vault over the north transept at Durham Cathedral in England, built from 1128 to 1133, is probably earlier still and was the first time pointed arches were used in a high vault.
The second, smaller dome sits directly over the centre of the transept crossing of the choir where the compas, an omphalos once thought to be the center of the world (associated to the site of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection), is situated.
The transept has three aisles.
The usable model at hand, when Constantine wanted to memorialise his imperial piety, was the familiar conventional architecture of the basilicas. citation Floor plan of a Christian church of basilical form, with the transept shaded.
The West window is very large and never a rose, which are reserved for the transept gables.
They based their new basilica on the original 4th-century (since demolished) Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, using the transept and crypt plan of that great pilgrimage church to frame their own saint as the "Apostle to the Germans".
Common combinations with transept
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: