catacombs
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noun
- (often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.
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cryptcubiculumvaulttemplealleyunderworldprocathedralcathedralismchurch architectureholy doorholy sepulchreearly christian sarcophagisanctum sanctorumaltar candletomb of jesuschapel