crypts

plural of crypt
as in tombs
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 crypts At Penzing Studios, the open-air museum at Bad Windsheim, the fortress at Lichtenau, and sites in Nuremberg, the production found medieval stonework, corridors, chapels, crypts, and staircases suited to the royal court. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026 One captures a white concrete community mausoleum, its crypts often empty, like absent teeth cavities, its coffins stolen presumably for anything valuable inside. — John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026 In Culiacan, in neighboring Sinaloa state, home to a cartel of the same name, there is a cemetery known for its luxury crypts and mausoleums for one-time kingpins like Ignacio Coronel - an old associate of El Mencho - and Arturo Beltrán Leyva. — CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026 In Culiacan, in neighboring Sinaloa state, home to a cartel of the same name, there is a cemetery known for its luxury crypts and mausoleums for one-time kingpins like Ignacio Coronel — an old associate of El Mencho — and Arturo Beltrán Leyva. — ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026 Roughly 400 are interred in crypts, about 300 in niches, and approximately 15,000 in traditional burial plots. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026 After meeting me at the airport, my guide, Timur Madaminov, brought me to the Mizdaqhan necropolis, a collection of crypts and mausoleums stacked on a hillside like adobe building blocks. — Michael Snyder, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Nearby was the city’s Jewish graveyard, where the tombs are laid out around a steep flight of steps.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The Valley of the Kings and the tombs of Tutankhamun and Seti I.
    — Guy Bigiaoui, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Swift’s propensity for clearing her musical vaults answers to a more-is-better audience ethos.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Sudan’s civil war turned its national museum into a battlefield and crime scene, with ancient statues shattered, skeletal remains scorched and vaults of gold looted.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • But passing motorists largely knew nothing of the collection of handmade replica of catacombs, Biblical scenes and Israelite villages beneath it.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Avedon, whose work and career had a big influence on Hujar early on, had produced a series of images of the Palermo catacombs in 1959.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • Near present-day Trujillo, Chan Chan was the biggest city of the Americas in its prime, complete with gardens, plazas, pyramids, and mausoleums spread across nine square miles.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Stroll through the grounds for free and admire the intricate headstones and mausoleums.
    — Krista Simmons, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026

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“Crypts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crypts. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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