English Dictionary

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IPA（発音記号）

/æps/

名詞

廃用

(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.

日本語の意味

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。

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

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。

意味（1）

(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; […]

意味（2）

The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.

意味（3）

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

意味（4）

(astronomy, obsolete) The nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit. More usually called an apsis.

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