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(Inglese)

1. A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.
2. The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
3. A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
4. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of apsis (“the nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit”).

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/æps/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”), from ἅπτω (háptō, “I bind, join”).

Concetti

abside

apside

sinonimi

apsis

arch

concha

exedra

periastron

recess

semicircular room

lower apse

Traduzioni

abside

Apsis

ábside

αψίδα

apsis

abside

ábside

absis

apsyda

Apside

absyda

κόγχη

apside

absida

ápside