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Apse
Meaning
Noun
●
In Architecture:
A
semicircular
projection
from a
building
, especially the
rounded
east end
of a
church
that
contains
the altar.
●
The bishop's
seat
or
throne
in
ancient
churches.
●
A
reliquary
, or case in which the
relics
of
saints
were kept.
●
In Astronomy:
Obsolete form of
apsis
.; The
nearest
and furthest
points
to the
centre
of
gravitational
attraction
for a body in
orbit
. More usually called an
apsis
.
●
An
aspen
tree.
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