crypt

crypt

 (krĭpt)

n.

1. An underground vault or chamber, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.

2. Anatomy A small pit, recess, or glandular cavity in the body.

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[Latin crypta, from Greek kruptē, from feminine of kruptos, hidden, from kruptein, to hide.]

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crypt

(krɪpt)

n

1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a cellar, vault, or underground chamber, esp beneath a church, where it is often used as a chapel, burial place, etc

2. (Anatomy) anatomy any pitlike recess or depression

[C18: from Latin crypta, from Greek kruptē vault, secret place, from kruptos hidden, from kruptein to hide]

ˈcryptal adj

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crypt

(krɪpt)

n.

1. a subterranean chamber or vault, esp. one beneath the main floor of a church, used as a burial place, a location for secret meetings, etc.

2. Anat.

a. any recess or depression.

b. a small glandular cavity.

[1555–65; < Latin crypta < Greek kryptḗ hidden place, n. use of feminine of kryptós hidden, v. adj. of krýptein to hide]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

crypt - a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church) church service, church - a service conducted in a house of worship; "don't be late for church" burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture - a chamber that is used as a grave

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crypt

noun vault, tomb, catacomb, ossuary, undercroft people buried in the crypt of an old London church

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crypt

noun

A burial place or receptacle for human remains:

catacomb, cinerarium, grave, mausoleum, ossuary, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb, vault.

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Translations

سِرداب، ديماس، قَبْو تَحت كنيسـه

krypta

gravhvælvingkrypt

KryptaKrypte

κρύπτη

crypte

altemplomkripta

hvelfing

cripta

kripta

kapenes

krypt

krypta

mahzen mezar

教堂地下室

crypt

[krɪpt] N → cripta f

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crypt

[ˈkrɪpt] n → crypte f

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crypt

n → Krypta f; (= burial crypt) → Gruft f

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crypt

[krɪpt] n → cripta

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crypt

(kript) noun

a room under a church, used for burying people. kelder, grafkelder سِرداب، ديماس، قَبْو تَحت كنيسـه подземие cripta krypta die Krypta krypt; gravhvælving κρύπτηcripta krüpt سردابۀ کلیسا krypta crypte חֶדֶר תַת-קַרקָעִי तहखाना kripta altemplom kapel bawah tanah (graf)hvelfing cripta 教会の地下室 성당 지하실 kripta kapenes (zem baznīcas) bilik bawah gereja cryptkrypt krypta سمڅی یا زیر زمینی خصوصاْ په کلیسا کی چی مړی پکی ښخوی cripta criptă подземная часовня krypta kripta kripta krypta ห้องใต้ดินในโบสถ์ mahzen mezar 教堂地下室 склеп ت‍ہ خان‍ہ hầm mộ 教堂地下室

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crypt

n. cripta, pequeño receso tubular.

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