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Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”), from ἅπτω (háptō, “to bind, join”).
Meanings
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The rounded east (liturgical east) end of a church that contains or is behind the altar.
Holonyms: church, cathedral
The draughtsman could not have held the sheet with the apse at the tip, for then, instead of shading away from the edge, most of his hatched lines would begin in the uncharted middle ground of a shadeable area, to strike against the contour; […]
1960, Leo Steinberg, San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane: A Study in Multiple Form and Architectural Symbolism:Our private tour of the cathedral even allowed us to walk through the apse, which most tours don't.
Near-synonyms: chancel, presbytery, sanctuary (all broadly synonymous)
Meronyms: ambulatory, apse chapels
- (qualifier:strictest sense) The rounded east (liturgical east) end of a church that contains or is behind the altar. ▸ The interior portion of this section of the church building, excluding the ambulatory and any apse chapels.
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A semicircular projection from any building that is similar to a church's apse.
The college has an apse that once held a small chapel.
- The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
- A reliquary: a case in which the relics of saints are kept.
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(alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of apsis (“the nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit”).
alt of apsis
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| apsides | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| apses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
apse chapel · counterapse · apse line · synapse
Relateds
Synonyms
sanctuary[Appendix:Glossary · apsis · sanctuary[Appendix:Glossary · chancel · presbytery · presbytery · apside · apsis · chancel · apsis · apside · apside
Translations (43)
no apsis (semicircular projection from a building) · sq ajodhimë (semicircular projection from a building) · gv apse (semicircular projection from a building) · el αψίδα (semicircular projection from a building) · fi absidi (semicircular projection from a building) · cmn 半圓形後殿 /半圆形后殿 (semicircular projection from a building) · sq kungë (semicircular projection from a building) · hu apszis (semicircular projection from a building) · es ábside (semicircular projection from a building) · pt abside (semicircular projection from a building) · sv absid (semicircular projection from a building) · gl ábsida (semicircular projection from a building) · cs apsida (semicircular projection from a building) · ro absidă (semicircular projection from a building) · es ábsida (semicircular projection from a building) · ca absis (semicircular projection from a building) · pl absyda (semicircular projection from a building) · gv apse (bishop's seat or throne) · da korrunding (semicircular projection from a building) · eo absido (semicircular projection from a building) · pl katedra (bishop's seat or throne) · fr abside (semicircular projection from a building) · de Apsis (semicircular projection from a building) · sq absidë (semicircular projection from a building) · sk apsida (semicircular projection from a building) · da apsis (semicircular projection from a building) · bg аспида (semicircular projection from a building) · fi kuori (semicircular projection from a building) · sq kungore (semicircular projection from a building) · fa محراب (bishop's seat or throne) · ka აფსიდა (semicircular projection from a building) · fi piispanistuin (bishop's seat or throne) · ga cathaoir easpaig (bishop's seat or throne) · ru апси́да (semicircular projection from a building) · no korrunding (semicircular projection from a building) · ga cúlbhá (semicircular projection from a building) · sl apsida (semicircular projection from a building) · nl apsis (semicircular projection from a building) · pl apsyda (semicircular projection from a building) · fi apsis (semicircular projection from a building) · fa تابوک (bishop's seat or throne) · it abside (semicircular projection from a building) · sq shenjtërore (semicircular projection from a building)
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