crypt
noun
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.
cryptal
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a word derived from
crypt.
Example Sentences
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A gloomy-looking cryptal room on the ground floor was probably the one occupied by Joan.
From Joan of Arc by Ronald Sutherland Gower
The western chapel has, at its north-western corner, a stair-way leading to three cryptal chambers whose flooring is the solid rock.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by A. B. Clifton
