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crypt
[kript] 
–noun
| 1. | a subterranean chamber or vault, esp. one beneath the main floor of a church, used as a burial place, a location for secret meetings, etc. |
| 2. | Anatomy. a slender pit or recess; a small glandular cavity. |
Origin:
1375–1425 for sense “grotto”; 1555–65 for current senses; late ME cripte < L crypta < Gk krypt
hidden place, n. use of fem. of kryptós hidden, verbid of krýptein to hide; r. earlier crypta < L, as above
1375–1425 for sense “grotto”; 1555–65 for current senses; late ME cripte < L crypta < Gk krypt
hidden place, n. use of fem. of kryptós hidden, verbid of krýptein to hide; r. earlier crypta < L, as abovecrypt-
| var. of crypto- before a vowel. |
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| crypt (krĭpt) n.
[Latin crypta, from Greek kruptē, from feminine of kruptos, hidden, from kruptein, to hide.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Crypt
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 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.) A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, the crypts of Lieberk["u]hn, the simple tubular glands of the small intestines.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : crypt
Spanish:
cripta,
German:
die Krypta,
Japanese:
教会の地下室
crypt
1432, "grotto, cavern," from L. crypta "vault, cavern," from Gk. krypte, fem. of kryptos "hidden," from kryptein "to hide." Meaning "underground burial vault or chapel in a church" first attested 1789. Cryptic "hidden, occult" is first recorded 1638. Crypto- as a prefix meaning "concealed, secret" has been used since 1760. Cryptogram is from 1880.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: crypt
Pronunciation: 'kript
Function: noun
1 : an anatomical pit, depression, or invagination crypt> —see TONSILLAR CRYPT
2 : a simple tubular gland (as a crypt ofLieberkühn)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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crypt (krĭpt)
n.
A small pit, recess, or glandular cavity in the body.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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crypt
Unix command to perform encryption and decryption.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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