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apse in Persian

محراب mehrab

/æps/

apse in Persian: محراب (mehrab), تابوک (tābuk). In English, apse means the rounded east (liturgical east) end of a church that contains or is behind the altar.

Persian words for apse

bishop's seat or throne
محراب mehrab, تابوک tābuk

English meaning of apse

  1. noun The rounded east (liturgical east) end of a church that contains or is behind the altar.
  2. noun The interior portion of this section of the church building, excluding the ambulatory and any apse chapels.
  3. noun A semicircular projection from any building that is similar to a church's apse.
  4. noun The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.

Full definition of apse

apse in a sentence

  • Holonyms: church, cathedral
  • Meronyms: ambulatory, apse chapels
  • Near-synonyms: chancel, presbytery, sanctuary (all broadly synonymous)

Synonyms of apse

All synonyms of apse

Questions about apse in Persian

What is the meaning of apse in Persian?
Apse in Persian is محراب (mehrab), تابوک (tābuk).
معنی apse چیست؟
Apse: محراب (mehrab), تابوک (tābuk).
What does apse mean in English?
Apse means the rounded east (liturgical east) end of a church that contains or is behind the altar.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apse (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Persian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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