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a basement where the dead get better real estate than most of the living.
means A crypt room is an underground or enclosed chamber, typically beneath a church or building, used to hold tombs, coffins, or the remains of the dead.
from From "crypt," which travels back through Latin "crypta" (a vault or covered gallery) to Greek "kruptē" — a hidden, concealed place — built on the verb "kruptein," "to hide." The same Greek root for hiddenness gives us "cryptic" and "cryptography." "Room" is the plain old Germanic word for space, related to English "roomy" and German "Raum." So a crypt room is, quite literally, a hidden space — the dead tucked away below, out of sight but not out of mind.
- word origin
- Greek kryptos means hidden or concealed.
- climate perk
- Stone walls stay naturally cool year-round.
- prime tenants
- Popes, kings, and saints rest beneath cathedrals.
- capuchin twist
- Some are decorated entirely with arranged human bones.
- acoustic quirk
- Vaulted ceilings make whispers travel unnervingly far.
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