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A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
n.
The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.
v. i.
To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit.
pl.
of Apsis
n.
Same as Apse.
n.
A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere.
a.
Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel.
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In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum.
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Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit.
n.
See Apsis.
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One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides.
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The bishop's seat or throne, in ancient churches.
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A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy.
adv.
Before the /apse of a long time; soon; -- usually separated, ere long.
n. pl.
See Apsis.
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Any extension of a church behind the high altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.
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