catacomb

  • 11catacomb — catacumbal /kat euh kum beuhl/, adj. /kat euh kohm /, n. 1. Usually, catacombs. an underground cemetery, esp. one consisting of tunnels and rooms with recesses dug out for coffins and tombs. 2. the Catacombs, the subterranean burial chambers of… …

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  • 12catacomb — noun Etymology: Middle English catacumb, Middle French catacombe, probably from Old Italian catacomba, from Late Latin catacumbae, plural Date: 15th century 1. a subterranean cemetery of galleries with recesses for tombs usually used in plural …

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  • 13catacomb — [17] Catacomb derives from the name of an underground cemetary in ancient Rome, the Coemetērium Catacumbas, beneath the Basilica of St Sebastian near the Appian Way. It is said that the bodies of St Peter and St Paul were deposited in or near its …

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  • 14catacomb — [17] Catacomb derives from the name of an underground cemetary in ancient Rome, the Coemetērium Catacumbas, beneath the Basilica of St Sebastian near the Appian Way. It is said that the bodies of St Peter and St Paul were deposited in or near its …

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  • 15Catacomb of Callixtus — Coordinates: 41°51′19″N 12°30′53″E / 41.85537°N 12.51480°E / 41.85537; 12.51480 …

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  • 16Catacomb culture — The Catacomb culture, ca. 2800 2200 BC, refers to an early Bronze Age culture occupying essentially what is present day Ukraine. It was related to the Yamna culture, and would seem more of an areal term to cover several smaller related… …

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  • 17Catacomb WebDAV Server — Der Catacomb WebDAV Server ist ein WebDAV Modul für den Apache Webserver, der das Standardmodul mod dav um einige Zusatzfunktionen des WebDAV Protokolls erweitert. mod dav bringt normalerweise eine eigene Modulerweiterung mit, mod dav fs, bei der …

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  • 18Catacomb of Priscilla — The Catacomb of Priscilla on the Via Salaria in Rome, Italy, is situated in what was a quarry in Roman times. This quarry was used for Christian burials from the late second century through the fourth century. Some of the walls and ceilings… …

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  • 19catacomb — noun /ˈkatəˌkəʊm,ˈkatəkuːm,ˈkætakoʊm,ˈkætəkuːm/ 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 …

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  • 20catacomb — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A burial place or receptacle for human remains: cinerarium, crypt, grave1, mausoleum, ossuary, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb, vault1. See KEEP, PLACE …

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