Definition of apse

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Apse (n.) A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy..

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Proctocele :: Proctocele (n.) Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani..
Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy..
Lapsible :: Lapsible (a.) Liable to lapse.
Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into.
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel..
Irrelapsable :: Irrelapsable (a.) Not liable to relapse; secure.
Relapsed :: Relapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Relaps.
Instauration :: Instauration (n.) Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance..
Hypostrophe :: Hypostrophe (n.) A relapse, or return of a disease..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..
Collapsed :: Collapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Collaps.
Erelong :: Erelong (adv.) Before the /apse of a long time; soon; -- usually separated, ere long..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To become ineffectual or void; to fall.
Progression :: Progression (n.) Course; passage; lapse or process of time.
Decurrence :: Decurrence (n.) The act of running down; a lapse.
Novatian :: Novatian (n.) One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful..
Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance..
Lapsed :: Lapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Laps.
Supralapsarian :: Supralapsarian (n.) One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. t.) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender..
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