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The rounded east end of a church that contains or is behind the altarThe rounded east (liturgical east) end of a church that contains or is behind the altar.
Значение
значений: 6The rounded east (liturgical east) end of a church that contains or is behind the altar.
Holonyms: church, cathedral
Meronyms: ambulatory, apse chapels
a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
The rounded east (liturgical east) end of a church that contains or is behind the altar.
The interior portion of this section of the church building, excluding the ambulatory and any apse chapels.
A semicircular projection from any building that is similar to a church's apse.
The college has an apse that once held a small chapel.
Apsis
апси́даapsída
The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
A reliquary: a case in which the relics of saints are kept.
(диалектное, устаревшее)An aspen tree.
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”), from ἅπτω (háptFrom Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”), from ἅπτω (háptō, “to bind, join”).
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Формы
мн. число: apses / apsidesСинонимы
синонимов: 5- a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar:apsis