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apse Noun an arched or domed recess at the east end of a church [Greek apsis a fitting together]
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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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