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Semicircular or polygonal end to or extension of a religious or secular building, Roman in origin; it is usually covered with a semidomed or vaulted ceiling. In Early Christian churches it included the presbytery where the clergy sat; apses were common in Romanesque and Gothic times.

Besides the apse at the east (or sometimes west) end, others were added, for example at the ends of transepts.



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There are, invariably, two naves, which intersect in a cross, and whose upper portion, rounded into an apse, forms the choir; there are always the side aisles, for interior processions, for chapels,--a sort of lateral walks or promenades where the principal nave discharges itself through the spaces between the pillars.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
At that moment, we were just in front of the high altar; and the moonbeams fell straight upon us through the stained-glass windows of the apse.
The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context
`Finding of the Grail,' which is for the apse of the Abbey church.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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