catacomb
(noun) an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
catacomb (plural catacombs)
(often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.
Source: Wiktionary
Cat"a*comb, n. Etym: [It. catacomba, fr. L. catacumba perh. from Gr.
Definition: A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used for the burial of the dead; -- commonly in the plural.
Note: The terms is supposed to have been applied originally to the tombs under the church of St. Sebastain in Rome. The most celebrated catacombs are those near Rome, on the Appian Way, supposed to have been the place or refuge and interment of the early Chrictians; those of Egypt, extending for a wide distance in the vicinity of Cairo; and those of Paris, in abandoned stone quarries, excavated under a large portion of the city.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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