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triapsidal

American

[trahy-ap-si-dl] / traɪˈæp sɪ dl /

adjective

Architecture.

having three apses.

Etymology

Origin of triapsidal

1870–75; tri- + apsidal ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Apsid′iole, a secondary apse, as one of the apses on either side of the central or main apse in a church of triapsidal plan.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

It is a triapsidal cross church, without aisles, with an apsidal termination at the E. end of the chancel and at the N. and S. ends of the transept.

From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Butler, Dugald

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