crypt
noun
1.
a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin crypta (“vault”), from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”). Doublet of grotto.
Phrases
- crypt of Lieberkühn
- intestinal crypt
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