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What are transepts?

What are transepts? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of transept
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The transepts are of earlier date, and have been altered, though not injudiciously.
Though the nave is like that of Santiago, the transepts and choir are much simpler.
There was possibly a sense that in comparison to the magnificent new transepts and nave the choir itself, once so widely acclaimed, was no longer splendid enough.
What survives today as the parish church is the crossing, transepts, presbytery, and ambulatory.
Internally, the building is divided into a nave, transepts and side aisles composed of ornamental cast-iron columns and girders.
The church is covered by a barrel vault, the crossing of the transepts being crowned by a dome.

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