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Synonyms for apse

noun niche, corner

Antonyms for apse

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.

Surely you've heard of the great firm of Apse & Sons, shipowners.

And they say old Mr. Apse was so annoyed when they told him that he took to his bed and died.

The vanity of boasting in the evening to all their chums: 'We've just shipped in that there Apse Family.

Apse & Sons wrote to ask whether he wouldn't reconsider his decision!

The apse is flamboyant, as are also the windows of the south transept.

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