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un⋅der⋅croft

[uhn-der-krawft, -kroft]
–noun
a vault or chamber under the ground, esp. in a church.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see under, croft
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un·der·croft   (ŭn'dər-krôft', -krŏft')   
n.  A crypt, especially one used for burial under a church.

[Middle English : under-, under- + croft, crypt (from Middle Dutch crofte, from Medieval Latin crupta, from Latin crypta, crypt; see crypt).]
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