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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crypt \Crypt\ (kr[i^]pt), n. [L. crypta vault, crypt, Gr kry`pth, fr kry`ptein to hide. See {Grot}, {Grotto}.] 1. A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory. Priesthood works out its task age after age, . . . treasuring in convents and crypts the few fossils of antique learning. --Motley. My knees are bowed in crypt and shrine. --Tennyson. 2. (Anat.) A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as the crypts of Lieberk["u]hn, the simple tubular glands of the small intestines. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crypt n : a cellar or vault or underground chamber (especially beneath a church) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: crypt {Unix} command to perform {encryption} and {decryption}.
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