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Definition of cryptnext
as in tomb
an underground burial chamber the old church's crypt is the final resting place for the president and his beloved wife

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Recent Examples of crypt That is, until Episode 3, when the terrifying harlequin seems to finally appear from the pitch black depths of a crypt inside the Derry cemetery. Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2025 However, both sets of remains could share the same plot, niche, crypt or vault. Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025 Bone church The remains of more than 4,000 Capuchin friars adorn the walls and ceiling of the crypt under the Church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini in Rome. Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025 This will cut deep with Andrew as his dear mother, the late Queen Elizabeth, is laid to rest in the crypt, St George’s Chapel. Janelle Ash , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crypt
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Noun
  • The latest Lara Croft actress, Game of Thrones alum Sophie Turner, has revealed that reading a script for the new live-action Tomb Raider series is as difficult as, uh, raiding a tomb!
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Between 2022 and 2024, the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology excavated a series of ancient tombs in the Jiali Village of Zi’an.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Most of them go deep into the memory vault of childhood, recalling fishing trips and family gatherings.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
  • After five years, the vault of positive affirmations that had introduced Fine Line reverted to a blank screen.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • For months, mausoleums in the graveyard, some more than a hundred years old, were being looted in the dead of night, police said.
    Gaya Gupta, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, at Mount Moriah, the graves Gerlach allegedly prayed on are old, ornate mausoleums and large crypt-like vaults, many from the 1800s.
    Joe Holden, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026

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“Crypt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crypt. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.

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