catacomb
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Noun — An underground network of tunnels and rooms with spaces for graves, once used as a burial place, such as those beneath Paris or ancient Rome.
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Etymology
From Middle English catacombe, from Old English catacumbe, catacumbas pl, from Late Latin catacumbae pl, name of the underground cemetery of St. Sebastian in Rome, of unclear origin. Perhaps a dissimilation (influenced by *cumbō (“to lie, recline”)) of Late Latin cata tumbās (literally “among the tombs”) (from Ancient...
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