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cryptoporticus

[ krip-tuh-pawr-ti-kuhs, -pohr- ]
/ ˌkrɪp təˈpɔr tɪ kəs, -ˈpoʊr- /
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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.
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Origin of cryptoporticus

1675–85; <Latin: covered passage; see crypto-, portico

Words nearby cryptoporticus

cryptometer, cryptomnesia, cryptomonad, cryptonym, cryptophyte, cryptoporticus, cryptorchid, cryptorchidism, cryptosporidiosis, cryptosporidium, cryptosystem
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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 Burn

  • At the ends of the cryptoporticus are the remains of some more rooms.

    Old Rome|Robert Burn

  • Delbrueck 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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