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What are transepts?

What are transepts? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of transept
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The church is covered by a barrel vault, the crossing of the transepts being crowned by a dome.
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.
Internally, the building is divided into a nave, transepts and side aisles composed of ornamental cast-iron columns and girders.
The transepts are of earlier date, and have been altered, though not injudiciously.
The crossing has a quadripartite vault, and the transepts waggon-vaults like those of the nave.
This refurbishment includes replacement, pointing and refurbishment of stonework on the four faces and the north and south transepts.

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