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Synonyms for crypt

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kript
Phonetic Transcription : krɪpt

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Définition of crypt

Origin :
  • early 15c., "grotto, cavern," from Latin crypta "vault, cavern," from Greek krypte (short for krypte kamara "hidden vault"), fem. of kryptos "hidden," verbal adjective from kryptein "to hide," from PIE *krau- "to conceal, hide" (cf. Old Church Slavonic kryjo, kryti "to hide"). Meaning "underground burial vault or chapel in a church" first attested 1789.
  • noun burial place
Example sentences :
  • When the round was ended and we were leaving the Crypt she saw me put a hand in my pocket.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The crypt is somewhat lower than this chamber, two steps or so?
  • Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
  • The ceiling of the crypt is blackened by the smoke of lamps.
  • Extract from : « Byeways in Palestine » by James Finn
  • It looks more like the room of a Pompeian house than a Christian crypt.
  • Extract from : « Pagan and Christian Rome » by Rodolfo Lanciani
  • A remarkable monument was discovered in the crypt four years ago.
  • Extract from : « Pagan and Christian Rome » by Rodolfo Lanciani
  • The crypt has been cleared out and restored, and its windows have been reopened.
  • Extract from : « The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. » by Hartley Withers
  • Access to the French church is now obtained from the crypt, and not from outside.
  • Extract from : « The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. » by Hartley Withers
  • After this castigation he spent the night in the crypt, fasting and barefooted.
  • Extract from : « The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. » by Hartley Withers
  • I think you said that the Reverend Somebody-or-Other avers that they were a crypt?
  • Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer
  • Our eyes fall on the name Austerlitz down in the mosaic of the crypt.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin

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