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The correct spelling is apse.
How to pronounce apse
noun
IPA: /æps/
Say it like: Aps-e
The correct spelling is apse. A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.
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Definition
noun
- 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.The nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit. More usually called an apsis.
- 5.An aspen tree.
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