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Definition of Crypts
1. crypt [n] - See also: crypt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crypts
Literary usage of Crypts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Prepalatial Cemeteries at Mochlos and Gournia and the House Tombs of by Jeffrey S. Soles (1992)
"The tomb pillars and their crypts share a number of additional features that
relate them directly to the pillar crypts of ..."
2. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1911)
"By CHARLES LYNAM, FSA crypts of early date are far from common, ... The crypts
of the cathedral of Ripon and of the abbey church of St. Mary at ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The now crypts extend about the tomb of the Apostle and lie under the dome. ...
Admission to the crypts and to Holy Mass difficult, especially to women, ..."
4. The Monuments of Upper Egypt: A Translation of the "Itinéraire de la Haute by Auguste Mariette (1890)
"It must have been the intention of the architect to make of these crypts secret
hiding-places; ... For what purpose could those crypts have been intended? ..."
5. The Saturday Magazine (1841)
"This name appears to have varied somewhat in its application; for several of the
places which we now call crypts, differ in some respects from those which ..."
6. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1889)
"... at the base of the villus the fibres of the muscularis mucosae take an upward
course, passing between the adjacent crypts of ..."
7. History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Great Britainby James [Sargant]. Storer, Henry Sargant Storer by James [Sargant]. Storer, Henry Sargant Storer (1819)
"... aud rebuilt the cathedral, enriched it with subterraneous crypts §, supplied
it with water, made several canals, and improved the country ; dying in 984 ..."
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