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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 510 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CROSSING , in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, the See also:

TERM

term given to the intersection of the See also:

NAVE

nave and See also:

TRANSEPT (from Lat. trans, across, and septum, enclosure; synonymous terms in other languages are Fr. croisee, nef transversee; Ital. crociata; Ger. Querbau, Quersch&)

transept, frequently surmounted by a See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower or by a See also:

DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

dome on pendentives .

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