crypt
IPA: krˈɪpt
noun
- (now rare) A cave or cavern.
- An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
- (anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.
- (botany) Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.
- (botany) Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.
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Examples of "crypt" in Sentences
- He is buried in the crypt.
- The answers lie in the ancient crypt of the nuns.
- The church hosts the crypt of the Wettin Dynasty.
- Carpenter was buried in the crypt underneath the altar.
- In the courtyard are the remains of the Merovingian crypt.
- In the obverse of the coin, the Crypt of Olympia is depicted.
- He was buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of the Assumption.
- The crypt is at the peristyle of the entrance of the cathedral.
- The bishop was buried in the crypt in the cemetery in Litomerice.
- He is buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.