Definition of: apse

(aps) noun Archit.
1. An extending portion of an edifice, from the interior a recess and from the exterior a projection, usually semicircular with a half dome.
2. The eastern or altar end of a church. [< L apsis arch < Gk. hapsis a fastening, loop, wheel < haptein fasten]

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