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n.
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a large semicircular or polygonal recess in a church, arched or with a domed roof, typically at the eastern end, and usually containing the altar.
2. another term for apsis.
DERIVATIVES:
ap·si·dal
/ ˈapsidl/ adj.
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APSE Recognized as a Platinum Supplier.
Newspaper article from: Defense & Aerospace Week; 12/9/2009; 578 words
; Aerospace Products S.E., Inc. (APSE), an AGC Aerospace & Defense Company, has earned the prestigious...customer service," commented Tracy Wimberly, President of APSE. APSE is an aerospace and defense company jointly owned by the Cherokee...
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Black sports editors make history at APSE Convention.(APSE Bulletin)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 6/29/2001; ; 700+ words
; BALTIMORE _ For the first time in APSE convention history, five black sports...group of blacks sports editors to attend an APSE Convention. Howard, assistant managing...attending his ninth convention since joining APSE. Howard accepted a position as executive...
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Life and work of photographer Andris Apse
Newspaper article from: The Press; 8/7/2007; 417 words
; ...ACCLAIMED wilderness photographer Andris Apse is a master craftsman, acknowledged as...best. This week's Artsville looks at Apse's life and work. Over a 30-year career...Wanaka film-maker Paul Roy accompanies Apse on some of his photographic trips, from...
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Council staff perform well at APSE Awards.
M2 Presswire; 9/17/2009; 602 words
; ...Council: Council staff perform well at APSE Awards(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...Association for Public Service Excellence [APSE] awards. The council submissions which succeeded in being short listed for APSE included: - the Achieved Reintegration...
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Dallas Morning News a triple crown winner for 10th year at APSE
News Wire article from: AP Online; 3/5/1998; 700+ words
; ...decorated winner in the history of the APSE contest, was a triple finalist in the...of the Austin American-Statesman, APSE's second vice president and contest chair. The Morning News was in the APSE's 1997 top 10 for daily sections...
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Ferguson, Wilstein Are APSE Winners
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/28/2001; 700+ words
; ...02-28-2001 Ferguson, Wilstein Are APSE Winners REDONDO BEACH, Calif. (AP...Olympic category. Judging took place at APSE's four-day winter meeting, which ended Wednesday. Winners will be honored at the APSE's annual convention, June 27-30...
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Iconography and Eucharistic Ecclesiology in the Apse Mosaics of San Vitale, Ravenna, and their Distant Liturgical Echo in the First Anglican Canon of 1549
Magazine article from: Anglican and Episcopal History; 6/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...recent years to the mosaics within the apse of the Church of San Vitale, Ravenna...publication of a panoramic photograph of that apse as the cover picture for the front of every...briefly, the religious purpose of these apse mosaics at San Vitale was to portray the...
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Steve Wilson Gets Two APSE Honors
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/22/2000; 700+ words
; ...Online 02-22-2000 Steve Wilson Gets Two APSE Honors TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- European...Angeles Times. The judging took place at APSE's winter meeting in Tampa. Winners will be honored at the APSE's annual meeting in Chicago on June 28...
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APSE chooses Collins for Red Smith Award
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/21/1999; ; 683 words
; ...correspondent will be honored with the Red Smith Award, the APSE's highest commendation. "It's probably the biggest honor...writer who has made "major contributions to sports journalism." APSE established the award in 1981 and named Smith, a columnist for...
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Carrier / Apse Mr. and Mrs. Brent Lee Carrier
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/5/1997; 284 words
; Kristina Laura Apse and Brent Lee Carrier were married at the First Congregational Church in Old Lyme, Conn. The bride, daughter of Ivars and Astrida M. Apse of Sharon, graduated from Smith College and will attend the Stern School...
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Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
apse the termination at the sanctuary end of a...plan but sometimes square or polygonal. The apse appeared early in Roman temples and basilicas...the early Christian churches; in these the apse occupied the eastern end of the building where...
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Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
counter-apse. Apse opposite another apse, as in the east and west ends of German churches (e.g. the Cathedrals of Speier and Worms).
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APSE
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing
APSE Acronym for Ada programming support environment. The PSE that was intended to be used for software development using Ada .
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Apse
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Apse (Gk., apsis ). The rounded end of a church, especially in Greek Orthodoxy: it is derived from the Constaninian basilicas which incorporated the pagan apsis where judges and legal advisers sat.
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Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
apse, apsis See Apsides .
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