Obs. Also 7 abside. [a. It. absíde; or Fr. abside in Arch., apside in Astron., differentiated adaptations of L. absīd-em or apsīd-em, nom, absis or apsis, also absīda.] = APSE, APSIS.
1670. Lassels, Vay. Italy, II. 103. The picture of our Saviour in the very Tribuno, or Abside [of St. John Lateran].
1743. Phil. Trans., XLII. 346. A Body approaches from the higher Apsid toward the Centre.
