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What is the noun for transepts?

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transept
  1. (architecture) 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.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Eight hung in the nave and three in the apse, with an additional two in the transept.”
      “Even in the church, a carved stone head of uncertain origin was found buried in a wall above a window arch in the building's north transept.”
      “The climbers are working on top of the three-tiered presbytery and transept, which were built in the 13th century.”
transepts
  1. plural of transept
  2. Examples:
    1. “The restoration will also include work to the stonework of the north and south transepts, which are also crumbling badly.”
      “Herbert's energies went into the whole church, the nave and transepts as well as the chancel.”
      “This refurbishment includes replacement, pointing and refurbishment of stonework on the four faces and the north and south transepts.”
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