1) Abbey alcove 2) Abbey area 3) Abbey nook 4) Abbey recess 5) Abbey section 6) Alcove 7) Alcove for an altar 8) Alcove near the chancel 9) Altar alcove 10) Altar area 11) Altar enclosure, often 12) Altar end of a church 13) Altar locale 14) Altar location 15) Altar neighbor 16) Altar place 17) Altar section of a church
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• (n.) The bishop`s seat or throne, in ancient churches. • (n.) A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept. • (n.) A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occup...
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Particular to the East end of Cathedrals, the Apse is a semicircular form serving as a culmination. The Apse, generally domed, will often form the Altar. The term is derived from the Medieval Latin
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in architecture, a semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir, chancel, or aisle of a secular or ecclesiastical building. First used in ... [3 related articles]
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in astronomy, either of the two points on an elliptical orbit that are nearest to, and farthest from, the focus, or centre of attraction. The line of ...
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Rounded and usually of a chancel or chapel.
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Large semi-circular recess at end of church
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a semi-circular extension, often of a chancel or transept
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A semi-circular rounded end to a chancel or aisle of a church or temple, e.g. at Old Bewick church, Northumberland or Carrawburgh Mithraeum, which may or may not be original.
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a semicircular extension to a room or hall, usually vaulted. (Illustration) of the apse of Leuchars church. See Church Design
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A semi-circular or polygonal projection of a building, with a half dome or conch (bowl-shaped vault). In churches it is at the end of the central nave (sometimes also at the end of the side naves or transept) and houses the main altar and the choir. Two identical, facing apses are known as a double apse and where, as in some Romanesque churches, th...
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From Greek hapsis, node or keystone. Part of the temple which occupies the opposite end of the facade. It is generally semi-circular and a little higher
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circular or polygonal end of tower or chapel
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Apse (ăps)
noun ;
plural Apses (- sĕz). [ See
Apsis .]
1. (Architecture) (a) A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In early churches th...
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A vaulted extension or projection, usually from a choir or chapel and generally circular or polygonal in shape.
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In architecture an apse is a projecting part of a building, especially of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy.
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a large semicircular or polygonal recess in a church, arched or with a domed roof and typically at the church's eastern end.
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In architecture, this is a space defined by a wall with a semicircular, or curved, or polygonal ground plan. It is usually vaulted with a semi-dome. When used in this sense, the word exedra (pl. exedrae) is an alternative term. Also see: trefoil, quatrefoil. Another common definition of 'apse' is a semicircular or polygonal recess at the eastern en...
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circular or polygonal end of tower or chapel
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A semicircular termination to the chancel, chapel or aisle.
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apsis noun a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
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a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used esp. at the end of a choir in a church. See diag. under · an apsis.
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