APSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apse mean? 

• APSE (noun)
  The noun APSE has 1 sense:

1. a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar

  Familiarity information: APSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

apse; apsis

Hypernyms ("apse" is a kind of...):

niche; recess (an enclosure that is set back or indented)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "apse"):

tribune (the apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne)

Holonyms ("apse" is a part of...):

church; church building (a place for public (especially Christian) worship)

Derivation:

apsidal (of or relating to an apse)

 Context examples 

See this rose window, which is from the model of the Church of the Holy Trinity at Vendome, and this other of the 'Finding of the Grail,' which is for the apse of the Abbey church.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)