(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.
(n.) The bishop's seat or throne, in ancient churches.
(n.) A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
Example Sentences:
(1) But in the presence of a sufficient excess of APS kinase, APSe is completely converted to PAPSe.
(2) The basilica was rebuilt in the 12th century by Pope Innocent II and, at the end of the 13th century, Pietro Cavallini embellished the apse with six mosaic panels of scenes from the life of Mary.
(3) Paul O'Brien, chief executive of the Association for Public Service Excellence Paul O'Brien has been the chief executive of the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) for the past 10 years.
(4) It really felt like a pioneering thing when we first arrived,” she says, sitting in the living room of her home, which nestles behind the foundry apse like a cosy Hobbit cave, its porthole windows looking down on the bronze-pouring action below.
(5) The German nostril was larger in size, flatter in shape, and the apse line closer to the sagittal plane than the Japanese counterpart.
(6) Beneath one richly patterned apse sit two women, carving cosmic symbols into freshly cast ceramic bells, while a second group pours molten bronze into sand moulds under another dome nearby.
(7) He has overall strategic responsibility for the management and development of all APSE's activities in the United Kingdom.
(8) At pH 8.0, 30 degrees C, the specific activities (units x mg protein-1) of the most highly purified sample are as follows: ATP synthesis, 370; APS synthesis, 23; molybdolysis, 65; APSe synthesis or selenolysis, 1.9.
(9) Story of cities #36: how Copenhagen rejected 1960s modernist 'utopia' Read more The ultimate masterplan, which is currently being digitally modelled in 3D for the first time by visiting workshoppers, looks a little like a city-sized cathedral, except with the apses, which would usually face the inwards, flipped to face the surroundings.
(10) With passive environmental design at the core, the buildings were south-facing, their thick concrete apses oriented to soak up the winter sun, while providing shade during the sweltering summer.
(11) The inclination of the apse line was calculated from the phase of the second term.
Chancel
Definition:
(v. t.) That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.
(v. t.) All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front.
Example Sentences:
(1) Jack Colback’s free-kick was deep and when Fabricio Coloccini headed back, Chancel Mbemba nodded goalwards.
(2) McClaren also lost the defenders Chancel Mbemba and Paul Dummett to injury.
(3) Capitalising on Chancel Mbemba’s mistake, the substitute striker rounded Rob Elliot, who was to make a vital 90th-minute save to deny Cheikhou Kouyaté, before scoring with only his second touch.
(4) Chancel Mbemba and Fabricio Coloccini struggled to contain King, while the gritty Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter ensured his side won the midfield battle on only his third appearance of the season.
(5) Children’s art is on display and in the granite church sunlight enhances the 1466 brass effigies of the serjeant-at-law Nicholas de Assheton, who died the year before, and his wife, Margaret – figures normally hidden beneath the chancel floor but revealed on this day.
(6) Watford nearly restored their two-goal advantage when Ighalo and Deeney combined adroitly but Chancel Mbemba’s splendid late intervention denied Deeney.
(7) Newcastle came close as Aleksandar Mitrovic and Chancel Mbemba threatened.
(8) Agüero saw a penalty appeal against Chancel Mbemba turned down (almost certainly correctly) after being very smartly played in by De Bruyne and Karl Darlow was required to make a superb save to keep out Jesús Navas’s curving shot.
(9) I hope that people can be reasonable and talk things through, and my track record shows that I am willing to make accommodations … but I won’t compromise principle.” Pope Francis journeys to Washington to begin historic US visit – live updates Read more That line-in-the-chancel position on some of the key topics dividing American Catholics today – especially issues of family and sexuality – has angered the Bay Area faithful and drawn national attention leading to unfavorable comparisons to Pope Francis.
(10) There was no real end product though, and Chelsea almost made their hosts pay for over-adventurousness in attack when Chancel Mbemba was caught in possession much too far up the pitch, creating a hole in central defence into which Cesc Fàbregas strode to bring a diving save from Krul.
(11) Lascelles will be suspended for West Bromwich Albion’s visit to St James’ on Saturday and McClaren lost two other defenders here, Chancel Mbemba and Paul Dummett, to injury.
(12) He joins Georginio Wijnaldum, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Chancel Mbemba and Ivan Toney through the door and McClaren will hope his arrival kick-starts their Premier League campaign following a draw and a defeat from the opening two games.
(13) Appropriately he began the decisive move exchanging passes with Ulloa and making an angled, offside defying run, before cutting cleverly inside Chancel Mbemba.
(14) Aaron Ramsey found Sánchez and he asked Danny Welbeck to chase a ball that he put in behind Chancel Mbemba.
(15) Damningly McClaren has been deprived of a fit specialist left-back for much of the season while Chancel Mbemba – an £8m buy from Anderlecht last summer and his best centre-half – appears to have fallen victim to the club’s injury jinx.
(16) • Advise you of any "incurred costs" including well-known ones like stamp duty or much more unusual charges like chancel repair liability applying to a few homes near churches.
(17) In Kinshasha, Crystal Palace’s Yannick Bolasie and the Newcastle defender Chancel Mbemba both played in DR Congo’s 2-1 win over Angola.