Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗The rounded east (liturgical east) end of a church that contains or is behind the altar. · The interior portion of this section of the church building, excluding the ambulatory and any apse chapels. · A semicircular projection from any building that is similar to a church's apse. · The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”), from ἅπτω (háptō, “to bind, join”).
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