To the east the church is rounded off with a semicircular apse.    From LearnThat.org.  [yourdictionary.com]

The term apse was first used in reference to a Roman basilica, of which it was a characteristic feature.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference

Preceding the apse was a bema, or altar podium, measuring 5.63 meters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Apollo Klarios Sanctuary Report 1] Reference

= The New Building = built beyond the apse is a very noble specimen of late Perpendicular work.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See] Reference

Underneath the apse was a mosaic of the head of Eutyches, and under it, in Greek, the inscription.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom] Reference

In the apse is the dagoba, a circular mound like a grave, terminating at the top in a hemisphere with a ti or tee.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference

Sculptured in the apse was a finely carved figure of our Lord in an attitude of blessing, copied from Thorwaldsen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History] Reference

The nave and porch were floored with plain red tesserae: in the apse was a simple mosaic panel in red, black and white.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference

It is a quadrangular space, its length much greater than its width, and has a kind of apse opposite the entrance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference

And the traveller left without regret, to look at the apse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference

The more interesting tower is that which surmounts the apse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference

= -- These are on the south side in the canted bay of the apse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference

The most important of these is the great organ in the north apse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference

There are three two-light windows in the three faces of the apse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference

He found that the altar was placed at the end opposite the apse on.    From Wordnik.com.  [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference

A shell had carried away half the apse, and sadly damaged the altar.    From Wordnik.com.  [With Those Who Wait] Reference

Reversing the natural order of things, the finest view is that of the apse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference

The diameter of the choir apse from north to south was about thirty-two feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See] Reference

In the south apse is the baptistery, built with a tower furnished with chimes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference

The best glass is in the apse and in the N. transept, dating from the 13th cent.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

The width of the north aisle apse from north to south is nine feet eight inches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See] Reference

The hemicycle became the apse; the gallery, a clerestory; the hall, a central nave.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference

From the apse radiate chapels adorned with dental friezes and short attached columns.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

Theodosius erected another, with western apse, in the main court of the Jupiter temple.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference

The external square line of the aisle apses is in line with the springing of the choir apse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See] Reference

Palace, through a small, damp street to another tinier square where the apse and tower stand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference

In the interior we find a western and eastern apse; the former, 16th cent., covers a crypt of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

Belfry of the Angel, at the apse, fell, and with it disappeared the leaden heads which decorated its base.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference

Externally, the apse of Saint-Véran has five sides, and each side seems supported by a channelled column.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference

The foundations are on the rock at the same depth, and the aisle walls and apse walls are in the same line.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See] Reference

The apse is practically completed, and one has the curious sensation that it is a building without portals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference

The wall of the apse above the chapels is ornamented with a mosaic, chiefly stars, in black and white stones.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

The altar stood in the apse; and between it and the nave, on either side, a pulpit or reading-desk was placed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference

The best of the churches is St. Aignan, of which the portal and apse are of the 11th cent.; the rest is modern.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference