Definition of Crypt
Crypt
crypt
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
a stone chamber wholly or partly underground, beneath the floor of a church or other building and usually containing coffins, sarcophagi, or religious artifacts;
e.g. The skeletons shared their crypt with ancient relics.
(noun)
a narrow but deep tubular gland, pit, recess, or invagination into a larger structure;
e.g. Intestinal glands in the colon are also known as colonic crypts.
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