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cryptoporticus
[ krip-tuh-pawr-ti-kuhs, -pohr- ]
noun
, plural cryp·to·por·ti·cus.
- a covered passage, as one underground, lighted on one side.
- a portico at the entrance to a crypt.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cryptoporticus1
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Example Sentences
On the south side there is a cryptoporticus and a reservoir for water which was supplied by a branch of the Claudian aqueduct.
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At the ends of the cryptoporticus are the remains of some more rooms.
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Delbrueck did not see that there was a real communication between the caves along the so-called cryptoporticus.
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