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| cat·a·comb [ káttə km ] (plural cat·a·combs) |
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1. underground cemetery: an underground cemetery consisting of passages or tunnels with rooms and recesses used as burial chambers leading off them. In ancient Rome, Christians used catacombs for burial.
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2. network of tunnels below ground: an underground network of passages or tunnels
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| [Pre-12th century. Via French< late Latin catacumbas, subterranean cemetery of St. Sebastian in Rome] |
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