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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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