tribe, tribus, tribute, tribune, apse, basilica, transept,

  1. Apse

2. Transept 1   3. Transept 2

 apse 有譯為拱點---不知所云
 n.

1. Architecture. A usually semicircular or polygonal, often vaulted recess, especially the termination of the sanctuary end of a church.

1 （教会の）アプス, 後陣. ⇒TRANSEPT（図）

[名]《建築》（十字形教会堂の）翼廊.

 tribe
n.

1. A unit of sociopolitical organization consisting of a number of families, clans, or other groups who share a common ancestry and culture and among whom leadership is typically neither formalized nor permanent.
2. A political, ethnic, or ancestral division of ancient states and cultures, especially:
   1. Any of the three divisions of the ancient Romans, namely, the Latin, Sabine, and Etruscan.
   2. Any of the 12 divisions of ancient Israel.
   3. A phyle of ancient Greece.
3. A group of people sharing an occupation, interest, or habit: a tribe of graduate students.
4. Informal. A large family.
5. Biology. A taxonomic category placed between a subfamily and a genus or between a suborder and a family and usually containing several genera.

[Middle English, from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus, division of the Roman people, perhaps of Etruscan origin or possibly from tri-, three.]

tribute

n.

1. A gift, payment, declaration, or other acknowledgment of gratitude, respect, or admiration: put up a plaque as a tribute to his generosity.
2. Evidence attesting to some praiseworthy quality or characteristic: Winning the scholarship was a tribute to her hard work.
3. 1. A payment in money or other valuables made by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of protection or security.
   2. A tax imposed for such payment.
4. Any payment exacted for protection.
5. 1. A payment or tax given by a feudal vassal to an overlord.
   2. The obligation to make such a payment.

[Middle English tribut, from Old French, from Latin tribūtum, from neuter past participle of tribuere, to pay, distribute, from tribus, tribe. See tribe.]

tribune

n.

1. An officer of ancient Rome elected by the plebeians to protect their rights from arbitrary acts of the patrician magistrates.
2. A protector or champion of the people.

[Middle English, from Old French tribun, from Latin tribūnus, from tribus, tribe. See tribe.]

tribunary trib'u·nar'y (trĭb'yə-nĕr'ē) adj.

trib·une² (trĭb'yūn', trĭ-byūn')
n.

1. A raised platform or dais from which a speaker addresses an assembly.
2. The usually domed or vaulted apse of a basilica.
3. See gallery (sense ).

[French, from Old French, part of a church, speaking platform, from Old Italian tribuna, from Medieval Latin tribūna, alteration of Latin tribūnal. See tribunal.]