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
- noun The rounded east (liturgical east) end of a church that contains or is behind the altar.
- noun The interior portion of this section of the church building, excluding the ambulatory and any apse chapels.
- noun A semicircular projection from any building that is similar to a church's apse.
- noun The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
apse in a sentence
- Holonyms: church, cathedral
- Meronyms: ambulatory, apse chapels
- Near-synonyms: chancel, presbytery, sanctuary (all broadly synonymous)
Synonyms of apse
- apsis
- apside
- chancel
- presbytery
- sanctuary[Appendix:Glossary
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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