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- Crossing_(architecture) comment "A crossing, in ecclesiastical architecture, is the junction of the four arms of a cruciform (cross-shaped) church.In a typically oriented church (especially of Romanesque and Gothic styles), the crossing gives access to the nave on the west, the transept arms on the north and south, and the choir, as the first part of the chancel, on the east.The crossing is sometimes surmounted by a tower or dome. A large crossing tower is particularly common on English Gothic cathedrals.".