crypt
a subterranean chamber or vault, especially one beneath the main floor of a church, used as a burial place, a location for secret meetings, etc.
Anatomy. a slender pit or recess; a small glandular cavity.
Origin of crypt
1Other words from crypt
- un·der·crypt, noun
Other definitions for crypt- (2 of 2)
variant of crypto- before a vowel.
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How to use crypt in a sentence
The long crypt tunnels into a hillside, only visible by a smattering of skylights peeking up between graves.
Because of the German clothing, they were turned over to the Germans, who interred them in a crypt in France.
The “home of the NRA gun collection” was as quiet as a crypt.
After Newtown Shooting, the NRA Museum Is Silent and Somber | Lloyd Grove | December 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the Vatican has made one thing clear: De Pedis will not be reburied in the church crypt.
Italian Police Open a Mobster’s Vatican-Owned Tomb in Search of a Missing Girl | Barbie Latza Nadeau | May 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the far corners of the crypt were dozens of boxes of human remains.
Italian Police Open a Mobster’s Vatican-Owned Tomb in Search of a Missing Girl | Barbie Latza Nadeau | May 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
A large recess in the wall next to the Papal crypt is thought to have held her sarcophagus.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThe first of these areas which we reach on entering the vineyard is that known as the crypt of St. Lucina.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThe names of many Ccilii and other noble Roman families are also found on epitaphs in this crypt.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThe same purpose is effected within the crypt by balustrades, and even by parallel galleries to the same chamber.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThen about twenty monks, with their heads buried in immense hoods, came out of the crypt, and stationed themselves in the nave.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, Pere
British Dictionary definitions for crypt
/ (krɪpt) /
a cellar, vault, or underground chamber, esp beneath a church, where it is often used as a chapel, burial place, etc
anatomy any pitlike recess or depression
Origin of crypt
1Derived forms of crypt
- cryptal, adjective
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