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/æps/

(architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.
The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
(astronomy) The nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit. More usually called an apsis.

Borrowed from Latin apsis derived from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (arch, vault, wheel, disc, any curved form).

Ancient Greek

ἁψίς

arch, vault, wheel, disc, any curved form

The house

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