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Crypt — • The word originally meant a hidden place, natural or artificial, suitable for the concealment of persons or things Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Crypt Crypt … Catholic encyclopedia
crypt — crypt·al; crypt·analysis; crypt·analyst; crypt·analytic; crypt·analytics; crypt·analyze; crypt·ed; crypt·esthesia; crypt; de·crypt; en·crypt; crypt·aesthesia; crypt·esthetic; de·crypt·ment; … English syllables
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
crypt- — [kript] combining form CRYPTO : used before a vowel * * * crypt pref. Variant of crypto . * * * … Universalium
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 — [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
