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Noun Concept

Categories: Arches and vaults, Articles with short description, Church architecture, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference

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A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar WordNet 3.0

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A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In architecture, an apse is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an exedra. Wikipedia

Semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome Wikidata

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

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

Semicircular projection from a building. Wiktionary (translation)

A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse. Wiktionary

Architecture: apse. Wiktionary (translation)

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recess

architectural element

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HAS INSTANCE

Apse of Sant Climent, Taüll

Apse of La Seo

The Fuentidueña Apse

DERIVATION

apsidal

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

Paulys Realenzyklopädie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft

Church Encyclopedia

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Absis, Altar apse, apses, apsidal, chevet, Church recess, Presbytery (sacred architecture), Shell apse