catacomb in English

noun
1
an underground cemetery consisting of a subterranean gallery with recesses for tombs, as constructed by the ancient Romans.
While their Roman counterparts worshipped in catacombs and underground vaults, the Egyptian Christians built their churches openly and performed their ceremonies in full view of the Empire.

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1. 14 synonyms for Crypt: vault, tomb, catacomb, ossuary, undercroft, catacomb, cinerarium, grave, mausoleum

2. With the catacomb map, would make it roughly...

3. Catacomb Councilor is a Magic affinity Epic from the Undead Hordes faction

4. He turned back down the corridor, which was now as dark as a catacomb.

5. Catacomb archaeological superintendent Fabrizio Bisconti describes frescoes found in the Santa Tecla catacombs on Tuesday.

6. Lara and Jonah find a secret catacomb beneath a church that leads to Lopez's tomb and the Box.

7. The following account is a true story and provides a look into the dark catacomb of lookism at its epicenter: Los Angeles.

8. The three garages for putting chariots in at the sides of the catacomb tunnel is perhaps related to the system of burial with ...

9. Down a flight of stairs, past a wooden statue of Our Lady of Sorrows, is the door to the catacomb, the waiting room of the dead.

10. It also comes a day after Vatican archaeologists uncovered what they believe to be the oldest icon of St Paul in a Rome catacomb, dating to the late fourth century.