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- noun A
vaulted corridor orarcade at, or just belowground level ; normallylit byopenings in the upper part of the vault.
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Examples
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In the depths of this all-important hill, excavators say they they have found a cryptoporticus or underground passage that may have been the site at which the Roman Emperor Caligula was killed by the Praetorian Guard in January in 41 AD.
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Excavation of the cryptoporticus began in September under the direction of archaeologist Maria Antonietta Tomei.
Excavation of a Cryptoporticus on the Palatine Hill at eternallycool.net 2008
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Excavation of the cryptoporticus began in September under the direction of archaeologist Maria Antonietta Tomei.
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In the depths of this all-important hill, excavators say they they have found a cryptoporticus or underground passage that may have been the site at which the Roman Emperor Caligula was killed by the Praetorian Guard in January in 41 AD.
Excavation of a Cryptoporticus on the Palatine Hill at eternallycool.net 2008
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Another feature that with a large degree of certainty belongs to the original temple is a staircase connecting the temple-terrace to a cryptoporticus above the Lower Agora, between the terrace walls, or to the Lower Agora itself (total width of 2.15 m, preserved height 0.71 m).
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Apollo Klarios Sanctuary Report 2 2003
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a single large ambulacrum or "cryptoporticus in gamma", that is turned at right angles with its own staircase.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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