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</ref> In Christian churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the [[nave]] in a [[cruciform]] ("[[cross]]-shaped") building in [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] and [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] [[Christian]] [[Church (building)|church]] [[architecture]]. Each half of a transept is known as a ''semitransept''.<ref name=PE/>
The transept of a church separates the nave from the [[sanctuary]], whether [[apse]], [[Choir (architecture)|choir]], [[chevet]], [[presbytery (architecture)|presbytery]] or [[chancel]]. The transepts cross the nave at the [[crossing (architecture)|crossing]], which belongs equally to the main nave axis and to the transept. Upon its four [[Pier (architecture)|piers]], the crossing may support a [[spire]] (''e.g.'', [[Salisbury Cathedral]]), a central [[tower]] (
Occasionally, the [[basilica]]s and the church and [[cathedral]] planning that descended from them were built without transepts; sometimes the transepts were reduced to matched [[chapel]]s. More often, the transepts extended well beyond the sides of the rest of the building, forming the shape of a cross. This design is called a "Latin cross" ground plan, and these extensions are known as the '''arms''' of the transept.<ref name=PE/> A "Greek cross" ground plan, with all four extensions the same length, produces a central-plan structure.
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