undercroft

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In Tudor times the whole of the undercroft was given up to the French Protestant refugees, who, besides worshipping there, set up their looms in this hallowed portion of the Cathedral where the martyr was laid until his translation in 1220 and where Henry II.

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  1. noun A crypt, especially one used for burial under a church.

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  • Everyone is invited to attend a reception in the church's undercroft following the service. —  Brattleboro Reformer Most Emailed
  • South African artist Robin Rhode has transformed the Queen Elizabeth Hall undercroft on the South Bank into an optical illusory landscape. —  London SE1 community website
  • The undercroft artwork has been created in advance of a major exhibition which opens on Tuesday at The Hayward which will give an overview of Rhode's work drawn from the last ten years as well as showing new pieces. —  London SE1 community website
  • The use of the Queen Elizabeth Hall undercroft by skateboarders has not always been welcomed by Southbank Centre management, but that changed in —  London SE1 community website
  • In July we asked Southbank Centre chief executive Michael Lynch about the future of the QEH undercroft as a skating venue. —  London SE1 community website
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  1. Middle English : under-, under- + croft, crypt (from Middle Dutch crofte, from Medieval Latin crupta, from Latin crypta, crypt; see crypt).
 

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