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Apse vs Chevet - What's the difference?

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In architecture terms the difference between apse and chevet

is that apse is a semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar while chevet is the extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.

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English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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, obsolete) The nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit. More usually called an apsis.
  • (obsolete, or, dialectal) An aspen tree.

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    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.
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