ǁ Crypta. World English Historical Dictionary

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[L., a. Gr. κρύπτη vault, f. κρυπτός hidden, concealed.]

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  † 1.  = CRYPT sb. 1, 2. Obs.

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1563.  Homilies, II. Idolatry, III. (1859), 256. Christians had … caves under the ground called Cryptae, where they for fear of persecution assembled secretly together.

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1611.  Coryat, Crudities, 145. In a low crypta or vaulted chappell which is directly under the quire.

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1639.  in Hearne, Collect. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.), III. 128. In this of St. Calixtus there are 3 Cryptas one above another.

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1703.  Battely, Antiq. Canterb., II. 28. They were commonly called Cripta, or rather Crypta.

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  2.  Anat. = CRYPT sb. 4.

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1860.  in Mayne, Expos. Lex.

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  b.  Bot. (See quots.)

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1866.  Treas. Bot., Crypta, the sunken glands or cysts which occur in dotted leaves.

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1882.  Syd. Soc. Lex., Cryptæ … in Botany, the oil receptacles of a leaf.

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