Basilica vs. Transept

Basilicanoun

(architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.

Transeptnoun

(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.

Basilicanoun

A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, a honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance.

Transeptnoun

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 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.

Basilicanoun

(obsolete) An apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; hence, any large hall used for this purpose.

Transeptnoun

structure forming the transverse part of a cruciform church; crosses the nave at right angles

Basilicanoun

Originally, the palace of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; and hence, any large hall used for this purpose.

Transept

A transept (with two semitransepts) is a transverse part of any building, which lies across the main body of the edifice. In churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform () building within the Romanesque and Gothic Christian church architectural traditions.

‘cross-shaped’;

Basilicanoun

A building used by the Romans as a place of public meeting, with court rooms, etc., attached.

Basilicanoun

A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century.

Basilicanoun

an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges;

‘the church was raised to the rank of basilica’;

Basilicanoun

a Roman building used for public administration

Basilica

In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East.