'Crypt' definitions:

Definition of 'crypt'

From: WordNet
noun
A cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)

Definition of 'Crypt'

From: GCIDE
  • Crypt \Crypt\ (kr[i^]pt), n. [L. crypta vault, crypt, Gr. kry`pth, fr. kry`ptein to hide. See Grot, Grotto.]
  • 1. A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory. [1913 Webster]
  • Priesthood works out its task age after age, . . . treasuring in convents and crypts the few fossils of antique learning. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
  • My knees are bowed in crypt and shrine. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Anat.) A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, the crypts of Lieberk["u]hn, the simple tubular glands of the small intestines. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'crypt'

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