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  1. noun An underground vault or chamber, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
  2. noun Anatomy A small pit, recess, or glandular cavity in the body.

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  • The existence of the crypt was another of the secrets passed on to him by his late predecessor. —  Julian, May - Boreal Moon 01 - Conqueror's Moon
  • Facing the crypt, there is a block in the wall set a little deeper than the others. —  Gamezebo: Casual Game Reviews, Previews, Cheats, Tips, Forums, Free Games, and More
  • For the fifth year in a row, the performer who has racked up the most in sales from the crypt is Elvis Presley, whose death reportedly inspired manager Col. Tom Parker to say that nothing would change; it would be just like when Elvis was in the Army. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • LVM and dm-crypt -- best way to encrypt a logical volume? —  LinuxQuestions.org
  • They then went down to see what was called the crypt, which they found to be nothing more nor less than a range of subterranean chambers, precisely like the cellars of a great house, only they were filled with tombs, and monuments, and old effigies of dead crusaders, some standing up and some lying down, some new and some old, some whole and others broken to pieces. —  Rollo in London
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cavern ·  nave ·  vault ·  grotto ·  dungeon ·  cemetery ·  chapel ·  tomb ·  transept ·  spire ·  aisle ·  sanctuary
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Etymologies (2)

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

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  1. = Danish krypte = French crypte = Provencal cropta (also crota)= Spanish cripta = Portuguese crypta = Italian critta, from Latin crypta, from Greek κρύπτη or κρυπτή, a vault, crypt, feminine of κρνπτός hidden, secret, verbal adjective of κρύπτειν, hide, keep secret, akin to καλύπτειν, cover, hide. See crode, croud, and grot, grotto, ult. doublets of crypt.
 

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