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IPA: ˈæps
noun
- (architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.
- The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
- A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
- (obsolete or dialectal) An aspen tree.
- (astronomy, obsolete) Obsolete form of apsis.; The nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit. More usually called an apsis. [(architecture) A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse.]
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Examples of "apse" in Sentences
- The apse is oriented to the east.
- The ceiling of the apse is painted.
- In the apse the Ascension of Christ.
- The transept and the apse are in Gothic style.
- The nave and apse of the church are barrel vaulted.
- The consoles under the lower eaves around the northern apse.
- The central apse is rather elongated to house of the rectory.
- Mosaic decoration was added to the interior of the apse in the 1920s.
- The apse was frescoed in 1939 by the futurist painter Gerardo Dottori.
- The apse on the side of the Epistle of the chapel was dedicated to Dr. Tovar.
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