catacombs

plural of catacomb
as in tomb
an underground burial chamber explored the catacombs looking for evidence about burial customs of that ancient society

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Recent Examples of catacombs For a darker experience in the City of Light, venture beneath Paris and explore its hundreds of miles of catacombs. Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
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Noun
  • An extensive list of notable tombs can be found at the Colma Historical Museum on Hillside Boulevard.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The tomb dates back to the 9th century BCE.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Offload expiring deals and build up a vault of draft capital to build with in the offseason.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Furthermore, when colonizers attempted to burn all evidence of Nkrumah’s time as a revolutionary leader, Hesse snuck his reels out of Ghana, and into a London vault, where the footage has spent decades inside, waiting to be digitized.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • In Saunders’s afterlife, various spirits join Willie, Lincoln’s eleven-year-old son who has died from typhoid fever, while his father grieves in the crypt.
    Book Marks October 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Catacombs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catacombs. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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