Dictionary entry

Twirp

Pronunciation: /twəːp/

Pronunciation

/twəːp/

Myanmar Meaning

twerp

Definition

transept /'trænsept/ n ( architecture ) (ခရစ္ယာန္ ဘုရားရိွခိုး ေက်ာင္း) ပႏၷက္ပံုတြင္မင္းလမ္းကန္႔လန္႔ျဖတ္ ၾကက္ေျခအပိုင္း။ ျဖတ္မင္းလမ္း။ the north/south transept of the cathedral. Compare NAVE ❍ CHURCH

Examples

  1. ‘Although now installed in the north transept of the later church
  2. the plaque exactly fits a cavity in the tympanum over the original door giving access from the Panteon to the main sanctuary.’
  3. ‘Set within the crossing of a church transept
  4. Christ stands centered in the foreground
  5. flanked by his Apostles
  6. and administers the host.’
  7. ‘Herbert's energies went into the whole church
  8. the nave and transepts as well as the chancel.’
  9. ‘The main hall was flanked by two picture galleries
  10. and the whole layout resembled a cathedral with a transept and a massive organ at the far end.’
  11. ‘The Cathedral of Saint-Nazaire-et-Saint-Blaise is similar in quality; it consists of a Romanesque nave that is flanked by aisles and crossed by a transept in early Gothic style.’
  12. ‘The north transept houses a narrow
  13. deep Saxon doorway of honey-coloured stone
  14. which would originally have been lime-washed and over-painted with decorative designs.’
  15. ‘This refurbishment includes replacement
  16. pointing and refurbishment of stonework on the four faces and the north and south transepts.’
  17. ‘The terms of his Orvieto contract reflect his celebrity as an architect
  18. which is justified by his remedial work on the cathedral transept
  19. apse
  20. and roof.’
  21. ‘It has a fine Norman nave and transepts with a 13th-century choir and chapter house
  22. where the stonework with its distinctive Southwell foliage is unique.’
  23. ‘It is no coincidence that in the remodeling of the lower church at Assisi
  24. the side chapel immediately adjacent to the north transept was dedicated to the Magdalen.’
  25. ‘The Dean announced that it was to be removed to the old choir school adjoining the south transept of the Minster and the Archbishop's Registry.’
  26. ‘Internally
  27. the building is divided into a nave
  28. transepts and side aisles composed of ornamental cast-iron columns and girders and a gallery 12 feet wide runs all round the Hall.’
  29. ‘Inside is a nave surmounted by a generous barrel vault supported by large but simple columns and flanked by side aisles; a transept separates the nave from a central apse behind the altar.’
  30. ‘Shortly after it was built
  31. small north and south transepts were added.’
  32. ‘There was possibly a sense that in comparison to the magnificent new transepts and nave the choir itself
  33. once so widely acclaimed
  34. was no longer splendid enough.’
  35. ‘The cross-shaped hall resembles an aircraft hangar or perhaps the transept and nave of a modern-day basilica.’
  36. ‘Completed in 1247 in early English style
  37. legend has it that St Giles was built of the stone left over from the transepts of York Minster by the masons who worked on the great cathedral.’
  38. ‘A fire in 1866 destroyed the north transept
  39. which was never rebuilt.’
  40. ‘By the Requiem Aeternam the choir was established in the body of the church
  41. in the transept.’
  42. ‘The restoration will also include work to the stonework of the north and south transepts
  43. which are also crumbling badly.’