Transept
in architecture, that part ly on each side, so as to give to the building the form of a cross. nave and the choir, extending transversederived from the transverse hall or gallery in the ancient basilicas, at the upwas not originally symbolical, but was The transept equal to the united breadth of the nave and aisles. This accidental approximation to the form of a cross was perceived derived from the transverse hall or galby later architects, who accordingly lengthened the transept on each side so completely cruciform. as to make the ground plan of the church THE, a festival instituted in honor of the Transfiguration of Christ (Matt. xvii: 2); is one of the 12 great feasts lengthened the transept on each side so In the Anglican church it is only a black- THE, a festival instituted in honor of Calixtus III. (1455-1458), but is menletter feast. It is commonly said to have been instituted in the West by Pope letter feast. It is commonly said to have In the Anglican church it is only a blackand Westerns keep it on Aug. 6. changed into an animal, a tree or plant, been instituted in the West by Pope which represents a human being as hypothesis that all existing species are the product of the metamorphosis of other forms of living beings; and that