semicircular apse

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• Apse — • The semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir or aisles of a church Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Apse     Apse     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Apse Chapel — • A chapel radiating tangentially from one of the bays or divisions of the apse, and reached generally by a semicircular passageway, or ambulatory, exteriorly to the walls or piers of the apse Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Apse… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Apse — ([a^]ps), n.; pl. Apses ([a^]p s[e^]z). [See {Apsis}.] 1. (Arch.) (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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• apse — (n.) semicircular extension at the end of a church, 1846, from L. apsis an arch, a vault, from Gk. hapsis (Ionic apsis) loop, arch, originally a fastening, felloe of a wheel, from haptein fasten together, of unknown origin. The original sense in… …   Etymology dictionary

• apse — ► NOUN ▪ a large semicircular or polygonal recess with a domed roof, typically at a church s eastern end. DERIVATIVES apsidal adjective. ORIGIN Greek apsis arch, vault …   English terms dictionary

• apse — [aps] n. [L apsis, APSIS] 1. a semicircular or polygonal projection of a building, esp. one at the east end of a church, with a domed or vaulted roof 2. APSIS (sense 1) …   English World dictionary

• Apse — Typical Early Christian/Byzantine apse with a hemispherical semi dome. This article is about an architectural feature; for the astronomical term see apsis. For the rock band, see Apse (band). Or you may mean the acronym APS. In architecture, the… …   Wikipedia

• apse — apsidal /ap si dl/, adj. apsidally, adv. /aps/, n. 1. Archit. 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 basilica. 2. Astron. an apsis. [1815… …   Universalium

• Apse chapel — An apse chapel, in church architecture, is a chapel radiating tangentially from one of the bays or divisions of the apse. It reached generally by a semicircular passageway, or ambulatory, exteriorly to the walls or piers of the apse. In plan, the …   Wikipedia

• Apse —    A semicircular or polygonal projection in a church, usually covered by a half dome. Though apses can be found at the end of the transept arms or in the chapels of a church, most commonly they protrude from the building s east end and serve to… …   Dictionary of Renaissance art

• Apse —    A semi cylindrical niche covered by a semi dome (conch), located in church architecture at the end of a nave (q.v.). The apse belonged exclusively to the clergy, who sat on a synthronon, a semicircular stepped bench around the curved wall of… …   Historical dictionary of Byzantium