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Crossing

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

in architecture, the term given to the intersection of the nave and transept, frequently surmounted by a tower or by a dome on pendentives.

Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Crossing'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/crossing.html. 1910.