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Definition of apse

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Apse (n.) 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..

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Algidity :: Algidity (n.) coldness and collapse.

Concha :: Concha (n.) The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..

Lapse :: Lapse (v. t.) To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege..

Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses..

Collapsion :: Collapsion (n.) Collapse.

Apsis :: Apsis (n.) Same as Apse.

Irrelapsable :: Irrelapsable (a.) Not liable to relapse; secure.

Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into.

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A fall or apostasy.

Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide..

Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed..

Past :: Past (v.) Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences..

Illapsed :: Illapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Illaps.

Prolapse :: Prolapse (n.) The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum..

Lapse :: Lapse (v. t.) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender..

Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack..

Apse :: Apse (n.) The bishop's seat or throne, in ancient churches..