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In architecture, the space formed in a cruciform church by the intersection of the east–west arm (nave and choir) with the north–south arm (transepts). In medieval churches it was often crowned with a central tower; in Renaissance and baroque churches it sometimes lies under a dome.



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As he was crossing through the water he lost his footing, stumbled and fell, and not being able to rise on account of his load, groaned heavily.
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After crossing a river, you should get far away from it.
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LAST summer I happened to be crossing the plains of Iowa in a season of intense heat, and it was my good fortune to have for a traveling companion James Quayle Burden--Jim Burden, as we still call him in the West.
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