crypt

crypt  (krpt)

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 krupt, from feminine of kruptos, hidden, from kruptein, to hide.]

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crypt [krɪpt]

n

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

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy any pitlike recess or depression

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

cryptal  adj

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

Translations

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 [krɪpt] n → cripta

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crypt

n crypt [kript]

a room under a church, used for burying people. kelder, grafkelder سِرداب، ديماس، قَبْو تَحت كنيسـه подземие krypta krypt; gravhvælving die Krypta κρύπτη cripta 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 crypt krypt krypta 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