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''This article is about an architectural feature related to church buildings.''
The '''apse''' is a recessed extension on the eastern, or [[altar ]] end, of Christian churches. It is usually semicircular in plan form but is also found in polygonal and rectangular forms. Apse comes from the Latin ‘’absis’’ meaning arch or vault.
[[Image:St Nicholas Wash DC1.jpg|thumb|lleft|150pxl| The apse on a Vladimir style church - [[St. Nicholas Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)]]]]
