cryptoporticus
[ krip-tuh-pawr-ti-kuhs, -pohr- ]
noun,plural cryp·to·por·ti·cus.
a covered passage, as one underground, lighted on one side.
a portico at the entrance to a crypt.
Origin of cryptoporticus
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How to use cryptoporticus in a sentence
On the south side there is a cryptoporticus and a reservoir for water which was supplied by a branch of the Claudian aqueduct.
Old Rome | Robert BurnAt the ends of the cryptoporticus are the remains of some more rooms.
Old Rome | Robert BurnDelbrueck did not see that there was a real communication between the caves along the so-called cryptoporticus.
A Study Of The Topography And Municipal History Of Praeneste | Ralph Van Deman Magoffin
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