What is the meaning of Crypt?

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) A simple gland, glandular cavity or tube; a follicle; as, the crypts of Lieberk/hn, the simple tubular glands of the small intestines.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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MLAWebster's. "crypt" 27 May 2011. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/crypt/definitions/1993425>
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