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Definition of: crypt
(kript) noun
1. A secret recess or vault; especially, one used, as in the catacombs, for interment.
2. A vault under some churches, used as a chapel, cemetery, etc.
3. Physiol. A minute follicle or secreting cavity of the skin or mucous membrane. [<L crypta <Gk. kryptē <kryptos hidden. Doublet of GROTTO.]
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