Usually means: Cross arms in a church.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word transept:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. transept: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. transept: Merriam-Webster
  3. transept: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. transept: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. transept: Collins English Dictionary
  6. transept: Vocabulary.com
  7. Transept, transept: Wordnik
  8. transept: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. transept: Wiktionary
  10. transept: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. transept: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. transept: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. transept: Dictionary.com
  14. transept: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. The Transept, Transept: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Transept: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. transept: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. transept: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. transept: FreeDictionary.org
  20. transept: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. transept: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. transept: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. transept: Rhymezone
  24. Transept: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. transept: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. TRANSEPT: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)
  3. Glossary: Gothic Art and Architecture (No longer online)
  4. transept: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. transept: Encyclopedia

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Transept: Catholic Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. transept: Glossary of Medieval Architecture
  2. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See transeptal as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (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.

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