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IPA(Pronunciation)

/æps/

Noun

obsolete

(architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar. / The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.

Japanese Meaning

建物から突出する半円形の部分。特に、祭壇を含む教会の東側の丸みを帯びた部分を指す。 / 古代の教会において、司教の座や王座としての意味も持つ。

What is this buttons?

The medieval church's stained-glass windows cast colored light across the apse, illuminating the ancient altar.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

中世の教会のステンドグラスの窓は、祭壇のある教会東端の半円形の後陣に色とりどりの光を落とし、古い祭壇を照らした。

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(architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.

The draughtsman could not have held the sheet with the apse at the tip, for then, instead of shading away from the edge, most of his hatched lines would begin in the uncharted middle ground of a shadeable area, to strike against the contour; […]

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Sense（2）

The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.

Sense（3）

A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.

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