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crypt

crypt [ kript ] (plural crypts)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. underground chamber: an underground room or vault, often below a church, used as a burial chamber or chapel, or for storing religious artifacts

2. small body cavity: a small recess, tubular gland, or follicle in the body

[Late 18th century. Via Latin< Greek kruptē "vault," feminine of kruptos "hidden"]
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