Part of a building semi-circular in plan. (Martindale, Andrew. Gothic Art, 268) Semicircular or polygonal end to a building. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 409)
a semicircular or polygonal vaulted or semi-domed space, usually at the east end of a church in the sanctuary
Semicircular recess usually with vaulted roof in church.
In architecture an apse is a projecting part of a building, especially of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination. An apse most often projects from the east end.
the domed or vaulted east end of the church. In Britain the apse is generally squared off, while on the continent, rounded apses were common.
A vaulted extension or projection, usually from a choir or chapel and generally circular or polygonal in shape. Contrast with niche
The rounded East end of a church. Most often found in orthodox churches.
Semicylindrical or polygonal extension on the east end of a church.
Large semi circular recess, arched or dome-roofed
Semicircular recess at the altar (usually eastern) end of a church.
Large semi-circular recess at end of church
( apse). In church architecture a vaulted semicircular or polygonal recess serving primarily decorative and devotional functions.
a semi-circular recess in the wall of a Roman basilica or at the east end of a Christian church
A nearly semicircular part of a building, forming a projection from the exterior wall, and the interior forming a large and deep niche.
A semicircular, projected part of a building.
area of circular or polygonal shape, covered by a vault, which is located behind the altar.
A semicircular or polygonal project ion on a church; oft en found iii the east end, beyond the chancel or sanctuary.
a semicircular recess in a wall, or the semicircular end of a building. In many instances the
A semi-circular recess built sometimes at the east end of a church in place of a chancel or at the eastern end of the chancel.
the central and most sacred part of the bema, normally shaped as a semi-cylinder and roofed by a quarter-dome.
A semicircular or polygonal recess in a building.
Rounded and usually of a chancel or chapel.
One of the two ends of the major axis of an ellipse. Thus, in the case of an orbit around the Sun, the perihelion or aphelion point.
the semicircular termination of the chancel, aisle or transept
a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
a rounded alcove behind the altar, particularly in Orthodox churches
a vaulted semi-circular or polygonal termination, usually to a chancel or chapel
A semicircular section projecting from the side or front of a basilica or monumental building, often vaulted.
A semi-circular or polygonal projection of a building, with a half dome or conch (bowl-shaped vault). In churches it is at the end of the central nave (sometimes also at the end of the side naves or transept) and houses the main altar and the choir. Two identical, facing apses are known as a double apse and where, as in some Romanesque churches, there are three, a triple apse.
Semi-circular vaulted structure at the east end of the church at the termination of the choir (fig.1).
The eastern or altar end of a basilica or church, usually semicircular in plan and vaulted with a half-dome.
large semicircular or polygonal recess, arched or dome-roofed, at the end of a church.
a semicircular or polygonal extension to the chancel, usually vaulted.
Eastern end of a church, generally semicircular, in which the altar is housed
The (usually semicircular) East termination to the choir of a church
A large semicircular or polygonal niche. In a Roman Basilica it was frequently found at both ends of the Nave; in a Christian church it is usually placed at one end of the nave after the Choir; it may also appear at the ends of the Transept and at the ends of chapels.
domed or vaulted semicircular orpolygonal recess, esp. at the east end of a church
Semicircular vaulted niche in the wall of a building. The apse of a Christian church is generally located in the east wall (see basilica).
A 180 degree, semicircular extension space, which traditionally projects from the eastern end of Christian churches, or from that end which contains the altar and faces the nave. The space is usually covered by a 180 degree half-dome and the space provides passage behind the altarpiece. Some Apses may take polygonal form on their exteriors while remaining semicircular inside. This plan was typical of Byzantine churches. Through time, Apses have been added freely to church ground plans of the Western Tradition, appearing on the transepts and/or flanking the primary apse in a form known as tri-apsidal. In the Roman Basilica or judgment hall, the judge or official would sit in the apse.
A vaulted element in a church or cathedral which serves to terminate a semicircular Aisle or Chapel. The Apse, generally domed, will often form the Altar. The term is derived from the Medieval Latin: absis or apsis.
Particular to the East end of Cathedrals, the Apse is a semicircular form serving as a culmination. The Apse, generally domed, will often form the Altar. The term is derived from the Medieval Latin: absis or apsis.
a semicircular space, usually at the end of a hall or basilica
A domed or vaulted semicircular recess, found most frequently at the east end of a church.
a projecting part of a building (as a church) that is usually semicircular in plan and vaulted Source
The half-rounded extension behind the main altar of a church; Christian tradition dictates that it be placed at the eastern end of an Italian church, the side closest to Jerusalem.
The recess, usually semicircular, at the end of a Roman basilica or a Christian church. Illustration from St. Louis RC Church See also Byzantine Church - illustrated with examples from Greece
aps] A projecting part of a building that is usually semicircular and vaulted – mainly in a bascilica.
A vaulted extension or projection of circular or polygonal shape, coming from a choir or chapel.
A recess, usually singular and semi-circular, at the east end of a Christian church.
A semicircular projection usually found at the east end of a church
The eastern complex of the church, with all the parts within the curved section, including the ambulatory, chapels and roundpoint, called a chevet.
In a church, a semicircular or polygonal projection at the altar (usually east) end, beyond the sanctuary.
a large semicircular niche or recess in a wall. [image
A semicircular or multisided termination to part of a building, such as the aisles or choir of a church.
Semicircular recess in a wall, especially in a chuch or Roman law court.
Semicircular or polygonal projection of a building, at the east end of a church with a domed or vaulted roof.
A semicircular area; in most churches it contains the altar.