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a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
Example Sentences
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The small north-east and south-east transepts are Decorated but retain traces of the Norman apsidal terminations eastward.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
The transepts have apsidal terminations, as is much more frequent south of the Loire than in the north of France, but still of sufficient novelty to be remarked here.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
The five apsidal chapels are brilliant with coloured glass, but otherwise are not remarkable.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
The crypt is one of the four apsidal cathedral crypts in England, the others being at Worcester, Winchester and Canterbury.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
