favissan.
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the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > storehouse > of specific types
mattamore1695
favissa1736
pantechnicon1830
kura1880
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > underground room or cellar
undercroft1395
vault1396
cellar?a1400
siler1548
crypta1563
hypogee1656
hypogeum1706
souterrain1733
favissa1736
cellar room1743
undervaulting1823
serdab1842
semi-basement1905
dunny1906
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Favissa, (with Antiquaries) a hole, pit, or vault under ground, wherein some rarity of great value was kept.
1893 Nation 19 Jan. LVI. 53/2 The favissæ of temples, the vaults in which were buried..‘ex-votos’.
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