crypt

crypt
   The chamber beneath the main floor of a church, usually containing graves or relics. It is typically vaulted, and wholly or partly underground. In medieval churches, it was usually under the apse or a chevet. The history of "crypt" starts with "kryptein," a Greek word meaning "to hide." From this word came "kryptos," meaning "hidden," which led to "crypta" ("vault, cavern"), another "kryptein" derivative, and the Latin predecessor of "crypt."

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • crypt- — ⇒CRYPT(O) , (CRYPT , CRYPTO )élément préf. Élément préf. tiré du gr. « caché », entrant dans la compos. de nombreux termes composés sc., de bot. et d entomol. en partic., et indiquant soit, avec valeur adj., le caractère caché ou imperceptible de …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Crypt... — Crypt... (v. gr.), verborgen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • crypt — [krıpt] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Latin; Origin: crypta, from Greek, from kryptos; CRYPTO ] a room under a church, used in the past for burying people →↑vault …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • crypt — [ krıpt ] noun count an underground room where the bodies of dead people are buried, usually under a church …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • crypt — early 15c., grotto, cavern, from L. crypta vault, cavern, from Gk. krypte (short for krypte kamara hidden vault ), fem. of kryptos hidden, verbal adj. from kryptein to hide, from PIE *krau to conceal, hide (Cf. O.C.S. kryjo, kryti …   Etymology dictionary

  • crypt — [n] burial place catacomb, cave, cavern, cell, chamber, compartment, grave, grotto, mausoleum, room, sepulcher, tomb, undercroft, vault; concept 305 …   New thesaurus

  • crypt — ► NOUN ▪ an underground room or vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or burial place. ORIGIN Greek krupt a vault , from kruptos hidden …   English terms dictionary

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