Catacomb

Word CATACOMB
Character 8
Hyphenation cat a comb
Pronunciations /ˈkatəkuːm/

Definitions and meanings of "Catacomb"

What do we mean by catacomb?

An underground cemetery consisting of chambers or tunnels with recesses for graves. noun

An underground, often labyrinthine passageway. noun

Originally, the name of a locality near Rome, the “Hollows,” in which the church of St. Sebastian, with extensive burial-vaults, was built; but afterward applied to the vaults themselves, and to similar underground burial-places. noun

A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used for the burial of the dead; -- commonly in the plural. noun

An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a subterranean tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or ancient Rome. noun

An underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome) 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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The word "catacomb" in example sentences

The term catacomb was applied to these subterranean cemeteries at a much later period. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Catacumbas, whence the term catacomb, a word seemingly of uncertain origin (Northcote and Brownlow, I, 262-63). ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

In the northeast corner of the tomb was a small votive vessel filled with ocher, next to it more ocher, a stone pestle, and three objects made from the metacarpals of animals; in the northwest corner archaeologists found a bronze knife and a long bronze awl broken in half; in the southwest corner were two vessels covered with stone lids; and in the southeast corner, archaeologists were surprised to find a censer of a type commonly found in later so-called catacomb burials that had been placed upside down. ❋ Unknown (2000)

In some cases this accumulation of earth and sand has protected and hidden that portion of the catacomb which is vertically underneath and thus rescued many precious memorials from the ill-considered attentions, or outrages, of earlier explorers. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

At another church is a kind of catacomb for the Earls of Kent: there are ten sumptuous monuments. ❋ Horace Walpole (1757)

Collins is also unconvinced by Hawass's explanation of what he calls the "catacomb". ❋ Response Source (2009)

Although Dr Hawass suggests there is no mystery surrounding the "catacomb", Collins suspects that the caves extend beneath the Second Pyramid, where ancient tradition puts the legendary tomb of Tomb of Hermes, Egypt's legendary founder. ❋ Response Source (2009)

But there was more down here in this angled catacomb. ❋ Terence Clarke (2011)

Vaster, more ambitious schemes were proposed, including a giant pyramidal catacomb atop Primrose Hill to house five million souls (the upper levels financed by the sale of the lower in an, er, pyramid-selling scheme), to which the seven were the sane and suburban alternative. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Images of the Magi first appeared in Christian art in the fourth century as catacomb paintings and on sarcophagi reliefs. ❋ Rose Marie Berger (2011)

It seemed like we were in the cellars or a catacomb of some sort. ❋ Jill Myles (2011)

Hundreds of refugees packed into each level of the stone catacomb; the further down you descended, the more miserable they were, like rings of hell. ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

A letter of St. Cyprian suggest he was captured in the catacomb of Callistus and immediately executed, though the method of his execution is debated. ❋ Unknown (2009)

WASHINGTON -- It was supposed to be the catacomb for his presidential ambitions, a policy so poisonous for Republican voters that he'd have to abandon... ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2011)

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