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Where the dead get the best real estate in the building.
means A stone chamber beneath a church or building, used for burial or for keeping relics and bodies of the dead.
from From Greek kryptē, 'a hidden vault,' from kryptos, 'hidden' — the same root that gives us 'cryptic' and 'encryption.' It passed through Latin crypta before reaching English. The thread connecting all these words is concealment: a crypt is literally a 'hidden place,' which is fitting for a room built to tuck the dead out of sight.
- word origin
- From Greek kryptos, meaning hidden or concealed
- church basements
- Often built beneath cathedrals to hold saintly remains
- capuchin crypts
- Some are decorated entirely with arranged human bones
- crypto link
- Same root word powers cryptography and cryptocurrency
- crypts in you
- Your intestines contain tiny tube-shaped crypts too
knossos palace storeroom — bronze age minoan storage chamber in crete containing pottery and ritual vessels, circa 1700 bce
westminster abbey undercroft — medieval vaulted chamber beneath westminster abbey in london holding royal tombs and artifacts since 1066
st paul's cathedral crypt — underground burial chamber in london's st paul's cathedral containing nelson and wellington, completed 1697
paris catacombs ossuary — former limestone quarries beneath paris holding remains of approximately 6 million people since the 18th century