Apsidal

Word APSIDAL
Character 7
Hyphenation ap si dal
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Apsidal"

What do we mean by apsidal?

Of or relating to an apse. adjective

Of or relating to an apsis. adjective

In astronomy, pertaining to the apsides. See apsis.

In architecture, of or relating to an apse; of the nature or form of an apse; terminating in an apse.

An apse-chapel.

Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit. adjective

Of or pertaining to the apse of a church. adjective

Of, pertaining to, or in the form of an apse adjective

Of or pertaining to the apsides adjective

Of or relating to an apse adjective

Of, pertaining to, or in the form of an apse

Of or pertaining to the apsides

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The word "apsidal" in example sentences

This kind of apsidal (or elsewhere even oval structures) houses ideal for thatched roofs were especially quite common during the Geometric Period (e.g. in the oldest Greek colonies at Old-Smyrna, Miletos, Ephesos; in many sanctuaries or houses on the Greek mainland, such as at Eretria, Perachora, etc). ❋ Unknown (2003)

Already on the second day we discovered in the topsoil a kind of apsidal wall, suggesting that Room IL was a twin of the apsidal reception/dining hall L on the upper floor of Room XLVI. ❋ Unknown (2003)

It is filled with all manner of recondite symbolism and extravagant touches, such as a great organ, a choir organ split up between the two towers, and at least eight or nine lesser organs placed over the entrances to the apsidal and even the nave chapels. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Special details within the church render it unique including the fifth century mosaics of the central nave, the triumphal arch dating back to the pontificate of Pope Sixtus III (432-440) and the apsidal mosaic executed by the Franciscan friar Jacopo Torriti at the order of Pope Nicholas IV (1288-1292). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Additional options include erecting a sizable ornamental canopy or baldachin over the tabernacle, or setting the tabernacle within the apsidal wall or against the backdrop of a decorated reredos. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The oratory is a single apsidal room frescoed with two separate images of 40 martyrs put to death by the Emperor Diocletian, who in the 3rd century AD had them killed by throwing them into a frozen lake while preparing a hot bath on the shore as a temptation to them. ❋ Unknown (2008)

(To illustrate, if the apsidal angle is 180 degrees, as in a Keplerian ellipse, then the exponent in the force law is -2, and if the apsidal angle is 90 degrees, as in an ellipse for which the force center is in the center, the exponent is +1.) ❋ Smith, George (2007)

Thus, from the combined effects of the ecclesiastical lancet lights and the apsidal shape of the room, it occurred to Christopher that the sisters were all a delightful set of pretty saints, exhibiting themselves in a lady chapel, and backed up by unkempt major prophets, as represented by the forms of their big brothers. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The W-E oriented and larger apsidal building of Phase 2 is indicated by blue arrows. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Within the area of 20 by 20 m (composed by 4 sectors of 5 by 5 m), we could trace the external walls of a large apsidal building. ❋ Unknown (2003)

View from the Northwest of the two superposed apsidal buildings. ❋ Unknown (2003)

This Phase also had an apsidal building, the apse of which runs just east of the apse of the Phase 1 building, but is oriented differently. ❋ Unknown (2003)

On Thursday, the last day of our first excavation week at Düzen, the team identified a dump, outside of the apsidal buildings of Phase 1 and 2 (it is as yet unclear whether this pit related to Phase 3 or 4), which contained quite some bone fragments (sheep, goat, and cattle according to our archaeozoologist Bea De Cupere) and lots of pottery, including several rims, handle fragments and bases. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The excavation area will also be extended farther south, in order to incorporate the complete garbage pit and to trace the SW external walls of the two apsidal buildings. ❋ Unknown (2003)

A burnt area found outside the apsidal wall of the building of Phase 2, but set within the area contained by an older wall (Phase 3), may be a hearth, but no structural elements (such as stones encircling the fire place) remain. ❋ Unknown (2003)

View from the Northwest-West shows the apsidal houses belonging to Phases 1 (red and one orange arrow) and (blue arrows) as well as the first walls emerging from orthogonal construction 3 below them (yellow arrows). ❋ Unknown (2003)

The NW-SE apsidal building of Phase 1 is indicated by red arrows. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Long wall (left red arrow) and apse (right red arrow) of the apsidal building of Phase 1, photographed from the SE (apse in the foreground). ❋ Unknown (2003)

The remains of an older apsidal structure (phase 2: blue arrows, of which the straight one at the front runs W-E;) are visible just underneath the walls of apsidal building of phase 1 (red and one orange arrows), of which the straight one in the background has a NW-SE orientation. ❋ Unknown (2003)

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