apsis
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/ˈæpsɪs/
Definition of apsis
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church.
“Like Henry's collegiate church […] the cathedral is a cruciform basilica of the double bay system with four square bays in the central nave, western transoms, a quadrum for the choir, an apsis, and a transept with auxiliary apses.”
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noun
-
A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church.
“Like Henry's collegiate church […] the cathedral is a cruciform basilica of the double bay system with four square bays in the central nave, western transoms, a quadrum for the choir, an apsis, and a transept with auxiliary apses.”
- Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, or moon where it is closest or furthest from the body it orbits; examples are perihelion, aphelion, perigee, and apogee.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”). See also apse.
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