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Webster 1913 Edition

Crypt

Crypt

(krĭpt)
,
Noun.
[L.
crypta
vault, crypt, Gr.
κρύπτη
, fr.
κρύπτειν
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 oratory.
Priesthood works out its task age after age, . . . treasuring in convents and
crypts
the few fossils of antique learning.
Motley.
My knees are bowed in
crypt
and shrine.
Tennyson.
2.
(Anat.)
A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle;
as, the
crypts
of Lieberkühn, the simple tubular glands of the small intestines
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Crypt

CRYPT

,
Noun.
[Gr., to hide.] A subterranean cell or cave, especially under a church for the interment of persons; also, a subterranean chapel or oratory, and the grave of a martyr.

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