Apse is valid Scrabble Word

Is apse a scrabble word?
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4 letters word
6 points in Scrabble
7 points in WWF

Definitions for APSE in dictionary:

NOUN:

a rounded extension at the end of a building, esp. at the east end of a church
arched or domed recess, esp in a church
A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy.
The bishop\'s seat or throne, in ancient churches.
A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
a large semicircular or polygonal recess in a church, arched or with a domed roof and typically at the church's eastern end.

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

a domed, semicircular projection of a building

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How to use APSE in a sentence

At the western entrance, at the end opposite the apse, is a small porch, where the consecrated water is placed, in an urn or basin, and this is inclosed between two towers.
In the apse a few fragments of old gold brocade buried beneath masses of brick and mortar were all that remained to show where the altar had been.
The apse, with its three little windows, has the perfect charm of grace and simplicity.
The apse and transept are Romanesque, but the nave is Gothic.
The design of the building is that of a nave with transept and apse.
A moulding of small billets is carried round the apse.
At the southeast corner of the church, leading from the apse, there is a narrow but well built passageway to the buildings in the rear.
The best of the ancient glass now remaining has been collected into two windows, one on either side of the apse.
The cathedral within is remarkable chiefly for its marble throne high up in the apse, where the bishop sat with his clergy about him on semi-circular seats gained by steps.
John the Divine, for the Duomo too, where it was to stand within the church in a chapel there in the apse.

WINDOW IN THE APSE OF THE CATHEDRAL, BITTONTO, ITALY.
When all were assembled the Pope told Michael Angelo that the deputies were of opinion the apse would have but little light.
The stained glass which fills the clerestory windows of the apse dates from 1846, and was made by Yarrington.
To him may be attributed the towers, choir, apse, and nave of the Norman building.
Some Norman arches in the west wall doubtless formed part of the original apse.
Lamb, for the Sage Memorial Apse designed by him for Cornell University.
On the highest floor, at the other extremity of the cathedral, in front of the apse, a figure had appeared in a frock-coat and a silk hat.
Newhaven has little to show the visitor beyond the small Norman church which has a chancel apse at the east of the tower.
On entering, the imposing effect of the clustered columns and beautiful apse will be admired.
Only the apse with its beautiful great mosaic remained for a few years till at last it too was destroyed.
John Angeloptes in the apse, but this like the great mosaic of the tribune is gone.
The mosaic of the apse of old represented the incident.
The original apse, however, was ruined in an earthquake, as Agnellus tells in his life of S.
The central nave is closed by a curved apse set high over a great crypt thrust out beyond the rest of the church.
He found the velocity greater at the nearer apse, so that the time over an equal arc at either apse was proportional to the distance.
The Abbe and his housekeeper were lodged in the episcopal palace, under the shadow of the Cathedral apse.
It is rectangular in plan, nearly three times as long as wide, with a semicircular apse.
The crypt has a nave, apse and aisles, and is therefore a complete little underground church.

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