catacomb

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noun

Plural noun:

catacombs

1.
(often, plural)(often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.
Meronyms: crypt, ossuary

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From Middle English catacombe, from Old English catacumbe, catacumbas, from catacumbae, name of the underground cemetery of St. Sebastian in Rome, of unclear origin. Perhaps a dissimilation (influenced by *cumbō (to lie, recline)) of cata tumbās (from Ancient Greek κατά (under) and τύμβος (tomb)).