ǁ Cryptoporticus. World English Historical Dictionary

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[L., f. Gr. κρυπτός hidden + L. porticus gallery.] In ancient architecture, a concealed or enclosed portico; an enclosed gallery having, at the side, walls with openings instead of columns; also a covered or subterranean passage.

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1681.  Cotton, Wond. Peake, 5. An entry … such an one as we might well Think it the Crypto-porticus of Hell.

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1832.  Gell, Pompeiana, II. 61. In one of the most obscure parts of the cryptoporticus.

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1877.  Ll. Jewitt, Half-hrs. among Eng. Antiq., 67. Two courts … surrounded by a gallery, or cryptoporticus.

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