Meaning & use
Catacomb
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An underground cemetery consisting of tunnels and chambers with recesses for tombs, especially those of ancient origin.
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Tourists explored the eerie catacombs beneath the city of Paris.
Early Christians sometimes held secret services in the catacombs of Rome.
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The word originally referred specifically to the underground cemeteries near Rome, from the Latin 'catacumbas.'
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underground burial chambercrypt
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