Definition of apse Apse

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We found 12 definitions of apse from 6 different sources.

What does apse mean?

Noun Plural: apses
apse - a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
		apsis
		niche, recess (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
		church building, church a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"

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A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.
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The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
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A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
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The nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit. More usually called an apsis.
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In some local dialects and in archaic usage, an aspen tree.

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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 occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy.
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The bishop's seat or throne, in ancient churches.
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A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.

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A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east-end of a church that contains the altar.

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aps, n. an arched semicircular or polygonal recess at the east end of the choir of a church—here, in the Roman basilica, stood the prætor's chair.—adj. Ap′sidal.—n. Apsid′iole, a secondary apse, as one of the apses on either side of the central or main apse in a church of triapsidal plan. [See Apsis.]

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