Definitions for transepts

transepts tran·sept

Spelling: [tran-sept]
IPA: /ˈtræn sɛpt/

Transepts is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 509 anagrams from letters in transepts (aenprsstt).

Definitions for transepts

noun

  1. any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
  2. an arm of this, on either side of the central aisle of a church.

Origin of transepts

From the Anglo-Latin word trānseptum, dating back to 1530-40. See trans-, septum

Examples for transepts

However, it was these portions of the transept and the apse which had the least suffered.

Next, Pierre turned into the transept on the left, where stand the confessionals.

The other is in the north wall of the transept, and opens into the choir vestry.

Its total length is about 265 feet with a transept of about 109 feet long.

On the eastern side of this transept is St. Paul's Chapel, now used as a vestry.

The choir is nearly of the same kind of architecture as the transept.

It is of five lights, and occupies the entire breadth of the transept.

Only the chancel with its flanking chapels and the transept have been built.

There is an attractive window in this transept, the gift of Edward IV.

The dimensions of the transept are 40 feet by 34 feet, and 58 feet in height.

Word Value for transepts
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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