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apse [æps] n 1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Also called apsis a domed or vaulted semicircular or polygonal recess, esp at the east end of a church 2. (Astronomy) Astronomy another name for apsis [1] [from Latin apsis, from Greek: a fitting together, arch, from haptein to fasten] apsidal [æpˈsaɪdəl ˈæpsɪdəl] adj apse - From Latin apsis, meaning "fastening together," it is based on the notion that a vaulted space seems to be the joining together of arcs to form a circle. See also related terms for joining.
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abscess apsidal Apsides apsis architecture astronomy basilica Basilican chevet Church church building concha Conchal exedra joining niche recess semidome synapse | There are, invariably, two naves, which intersect in a cross, and whose upper portion, rounded into an apse, forms the choir; there are always the side aisles, for interior processions, for chapels,--a sort of lateral walks or promenades where the principal nave discharges itself through the spaces between the pillars. At that moment, we were just in front of the high altar; and the moonbeams fell straight upon us through the stained-glass windows of the apse. `Finding of the Grail,' which is for the apse of the Abbey church. |
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