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catacomb

cat·a·comb [ káttə km ] (plural cat·a·combs)


noun 
Definition:
 
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.

2. network of tunnels below ground: an underground network of passages or tunnels

[Pre-12th century. Via French< late Latin catacumbas, subterranean cemetery of St. Sebastian in Rome]
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