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/æps/
noun 6
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2ADJ.
ambulatory
APSE + NOUN
chapels
Definitions
noun
1
The rounded east end of a church that contains or is behind the altar.
Holonyms: church, cathedral
Meronyms: ambulatory, apse chapels
2
The rounded east end of a church that contains or is behind the altar.
3
A semicircular projection from any building that is similar to a church's apse.
The college has an apse that once held a small chapel.
4
The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
5
A reliquary: a case in which the relics of saints are kept.
noun
1
An aspen tree.
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noun — a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especi
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Holonyms: church, cathedral
Wiktionary02
Meronyms: ambulatory, apse chapels
Wiktionary03
Near-synonyms: chancel, presbytery, sanctuary (all broadly synonymous)
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