crypt
/kɹɪpt/ noun C1- An underground vault.
- Especially: one beneath a church that is used as a burial chamber. · Near-synonyms: vault, tomb, sepulchre, sepulcher
- A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure. · Near-synonyms: fovea, fossa
- Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.
- Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.
Plural crypts
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The two coffins were placed on trestles previously prepared for their reception in the right-hand crypt belonging to the Saint-Méran family.
“There,” said the sentinel, pointing over his shoulder to a spacious crypt, hollowed out of the rock, the lights from which shone into the passage through the large arched openings.
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