CRYPTS

Noun

crypts

plural of crypt

Source: Wiktionary


CRYPT

Crypt (krpt), n. Etym: [L. crypta vault, crypt, Gr. Crot, Crotto.]

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.)

Definition: A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, the cryps of Lieberk.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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