crypt

Crypt — • The word originally meant a hidden place, natural or artificial, suitable for the concealment of persons or things Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Crypt     Crypt      …   Catholic encyclopedia

crypt — crypt·al; crypt·analysis; crypt·analyst; crypt·analytic; crypt·analytics; crypt·analyze; crypt·ed; crypt·esthesia; crypt; de·crypt; en·crypt; crypt·aesthesia; crypt·esthetic; de·crypt·ment; …   English syllables

Crypt — (kr[i^]pt), n. [L. crypta vault, crypt, Gr. kry pth, fr. kry ptein to hide. See {Grot}, {Grotto}.] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

crypt- — [kript] combining form CRYPTO : used before a vowel * * * crypt pref. Variant of crypto . * * * …   Universalium

crypt- — ⇒CRYPT(O) , (CRYPT , CRYPTO )élément préf. Élément préf. tiré du gr. « caché », entrant dans la compos. de nombreux termes composés sc., de bot. et d entomol. en partic., et indiquant soit, avec valeur adj., le caractère caché ou imperceptible de …   Encyclopédie Universelle

Crypt... — Crypt... (v. gr.), verborgen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

crypt — [krıpt] n [Date: 1700 1800; : Latin; Origin: crypta, from Greek, from kryptos; CRYPTO ] a room under a church, used in the past for burying people →↑vault …   Dictionary of contemporary English

crypt — [ krıpt ] noun count an underground room where the bodies of dead people are buried, usually under a church …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

crypt — early 15c., grotto, cavern, from L. crypta vault, cavern, from Gk. krypte (short for krypte kamara hidden vault ), fem. of kryptos hidden, verbal adj. from kryptein to hide, from PIE *krau to conceal, hide (Cf. O.C.S. kryjo, kryti …   Etymology dictionary

crypt — [n] burial place catacomb, cave, cavern, cell, chamber, compartment, grave, grotto, mausoleum, room, sepulcher, tomb, undercroft, vault; concept 305 …   New thesaurus

crypt — ► NOUN ▪ an underground room or vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or burial place. ORIGIN Greek krupt a vault , from kruptos hidden …   English terms dictionary