Like Henry's collegiate church […] the cathedral is a cruciform basilica of the double bay system with four square bays in the central nave, western transoms, a quadrum for the choir, an apsis, and a transept with auxiliary apses.
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Apsis
//ˈæpsɪs//
Synonyms for "apsis" (5 found)
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20 translations across 11 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- àpside noun (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit)
Finnish
4 entries- absidi noun (architecture: apse)
- apsidi noun (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit)
- apsis noun (architecture: apse)
- kuori noun (architecture: apse)
French
2 entries- abside noun (architecture: apse)
- apside noun (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit)
German
2 entries- Apsis noun (architecture: apse)
- Apsis noun (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit)
Irish
2 entries- aipsis noun (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit)
- cúlbhá noun (architecture: apse)
Italian
1 entries- apside noun (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit)
Polish
4 entries- absyda noun (architecture: apse)
- absyda noun (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit)
- apsyda noun (architecture: apse)
- apsyda noun (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit)
Portuguese
1 entries- apside noun (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit)
Russian
1 entries- апси́да noun (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit)
Spanish
1 entries- ápside noun (astronomy: point in elliptical orbit)
Swedish
1 entries- absid noun (architecture: apse)
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