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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Apothesis

· A·poth·e·sis · IPA
01 n. A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.
  1. 1.
    A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.(Arch.)