Crypt

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Crypt

(Gr.)

A secret subterranean vault, some for the purpose of initiation, others for burial purposes. There were crypts under every temple in antiquity. There was one on the Mount of Olives, lined with red stucco, and built before the advent of the Jews (TG).

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Shortly: A secret subterranean vault, some for the purpose of initiation, others for burial purposes. There w...