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Word Origin & History

"semicircular extension at the end of a church," 1846, from Latin apsis "an arch, a vault," from Greek hapsis (Ionic apsis) "loop, arch," originally "a fastening, felloe of a wheel," from haptein "fasten together," of unknown origin. The original sense in Greek seems to have been the joining of the arcs to form a circle, especially in making a wheel. The architectural term is earlier attested in English in the Latin form (1706).

Example Sentences for apse

This chapel was one of the most sunken and dark of the old Romanesque apse.

However, it was these portions of the transept and the apse which had the least suffered.

The apse, the last pillars, the giant piers themselves were felled!

When we came into the choir and apse we found ourselves in the midst of complexity.

"I am talking of the Apse family," he answered, courteously.

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noun niche, corner

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noun. niche, corner

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