apsidiole

ap·sid·i·ole

[ap-sid-ee-ohl]
noun
a small apse, especially one attached to a larger apse or a transept.

Origin:
1885–90; < French absidiole, equivalent to abside apsis (< Medieval Latin absid-, stem of absis) + -i- -i- + -ole -ole1

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