catacombs

Definition of catacombsnext
plural of catacomb
as in tomb
an underground burial chamber explored the catacombs looking for evidence about burial customs of that ancient society

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Recent Examples of catacombs The Mummy is set up with the grace of Boris Karloff lumping around the catacombs. Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026 His only book, Portraits in Life and Death (1976), juxtaposed photos of people in his circle and with images of ancient corpses in the Palermo catacombs. Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 7 Nov. 2025 For a darker experience in the City of Light, venture beneath Paris and explore its hundreds of miles of catacombs. Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
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Noun
  • Some audibly gasped and appeared in shock when it was announced that King Charles III and Queen Camilla would shortly be arriving to lay wreaths at the tomb.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But in a break with recent precedent, the MOD said no military hardware will roll past Lenin’s tomb this year.
    Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • They were found in a basement vault big enough to walk into, authorities said.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
  • As the video demonstrates, von Ensingen’s drawing (not in the show, alas) collapses all the levels, complete with stairs, setbacks, vaults, and columns, onto a single plane.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Lying in this crypt is Nathan Lane’s Willy Loman, a tragic humbug, his delusions contradicted by the ruins around him.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Only the crypt—the chapel beneath the church—had been partially completed.
    Alicja Zelazko, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Mar. 2026

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“Catacombs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catacombs. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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