cryptnoun [ C ]
uk/krɪpt/us/krɪpt/a room under the floor of a church where bodies are buried
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Parts of religious buildings
- altar
- apse
- belfry
- chancel
- chaplaincy
- flying buttress
- font
- gargoyle
- lychgate
- minaret
- pulpit
- rood screen
- rose window
- sacristy
- sanctuary
- sanctum
- the holy of holies
- transept
- vault
- vestry
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Places where bodies are buried or cremated
Examples from literature
- A whim seized me to visit the crypt of the chapel and examine the opening to the tunnel.
- Of this crypt, only the pillars and the lower part of the walls remained.
- Suddenly he fell down a short flight of slimy steps, landing in noisome mud at the bottom of some crypt.
- The crypt has a nave, apse and aisles, and is therefore a complete little underground church.
- The vestry has a crypt below it.